Lightroom transfer of CR2's

Hey guys.. I recently had a computer crap out on me and lost everything. Luckily i save all my raw files to my external. I am trying to add the old photos to the lightroom catalog but would like all my adjustments to show up (i.e. how I originally developed the photos) All the XMP data is there in the folder but when I add them to the catalog, none of the photos show my presets and adjustments that I made. Any help on this guys??

Well, I hope that in the future, you will make regular and automated backups of your Lightroom catalog. For my photos, I consider that a mandatory step in my workflow. If you had a backup of your catalog file, you wouldn't be having these issues now.
Its possible the edits are not in the XMP files, if you didn't instruct Lightroom to write them to the xmp files. Did you?
You should open one of the xmp files with a text editor and see if there's anything in there that looks like the words "Exposure" or "Contrast" or other develop sliders.

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You wrote: " If I make my adjustments using Lightroom and move the image files to another computer will I lose those adjustments?"
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Note though that not everything can be stored in xmp-files. For instance collections, stacking are stored in the catalog only.
This is presumably so because the save to xmp was created in order that Lr adjustment can be viewed in other Adobe products (for instance in Bridge). Naturally, only those "features" need to be written into xmp that the other program can display.
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I have never used RAW files before yesterday. About to shoot a wedding in a couple days so desperately need a fix or at least some advice for a workaround.
Here's my hardware list:
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SanDisk Ultra II 2 & 4 GB CF cards
Windows 7 64x
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After importing .CR2 RAW files using Lightroom 3, not Bridge, I found that some (not all) of the images appear to be corrupted. On the camera they look fine.
For a short moment, in Lightroom, they look fine, but then after clicking the thumbnail they instantly develop strange corruptions, like pink/yellow/opaque static.
This is not one of my photos, but the corrupted image looks just like this: http://thekuipers.org/images/IMG_2279.jpg
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From previous posts on this forum there are several things that can cause this type of corruption on import; faulty, CF cards, card reader, cable, and RAM.
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There is no camera-raw plugin in Lightroom, and it is unlikely that the LR install is bad if it imports other files, ok.
The CR2 files, themselves, are likely corrupted. Can you upload one to www.dropbox.com (creating an account if necessary) and post the public download link, here?
Alternatively, you could try downloading some sample files off the internet and if those import, but your camera’s files do not, then your files are corrupted.
Here is a link to a sample RAW:
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You're in luck. Just download the app from the site, and you'll have 30 days to register it.
I've not had to call Adobe.
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I'm new to Adobe Lightroom 5 and Photoshop Elements 12. I open a Lightroom image in Photoshop Elements 12 by using Photo-->Edit In--> PSE12. I make a change in PSE12, and then "save." I understand that I'm supposed to overwrite the default file name. But, when I go back to LR, my PSE changes are not saved. What am I doing wrong?

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Peter,
I'm having trouble identifying the "Canon Q10"... does it have an alternate model designator in the US, as many Canons do? Is it a relatively new release camera? Have you previously been able to upload RAW photos taken by this particular model camera into Lightroom 2?
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http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/cameraraw.html
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How do I get Lightroom 4 to delete off camera when importing (like iPhoto and Aperature)?

When I import photos using iPhoto or Aperature, I get an option to delete them off the camera when the import completes. That feature is really helpful when there are deveral hynred photos in memory. How do I accomplish the same thing using Lightroom 4?
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Hamish, there are two important things you should know: 1) if you can recover your deleted photos using any software, then you can do the same thing with "delete after import" and 2) if you can recover after a format, you never did a format, which also brings up the fact that "reformatting" the card to preserve data integrity requires a "full reformat" where every sector of the disk is wiped and, by default, a "quick reformat" just rewrites the File Allocation Table to zeros, ALL the files are still on the card and can be recovered. It's the reason the military has special "secure format" options built into their devices, because even a full reformat leaves magnetic traces that can be recovered with the right software. A secure reformat actually write random data with characters numbered 0-127 to each sector, erases it, writes random data a second time with characters 128-255 and erases it, then finally writes specifically the value "0" to all sectors and then performs a full reformat which places the value "null" in each sector. Then you KNOW your data is gone, each sector has data integrity and can be safely written to again and no one can snatch your data once you've formatted the card.
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However, my biggest concern is twofold, it presumes that Adobe knows better then I what should/could be done with my data and they are helping me "for my own good" (them's fighting words between liberals and conservatives, democrats and republicans) and secondly, it restricts options instead of expanding them. Who knows what possibilities exist or needs may or may not be fulfilled by some creative minds out there (I am constantly amazed at what people can do when given the tools they need) and having options is always a good thing. As was pointed out, if implemented correctly, no harm can come to your data because there is always two copies in existence until verification is made that the copy is a perfect match to the original. On the other hand, I have had cameras corrupt the original, so nothing is ever perfectly safe. However, the "observed" actual practice is that people use Lightroom, transfer the photos, then format the card manually creating the exact same problem as if the camera did it automatically (far easier to reformat while the card is in the computer than put it in the camera and go through all those menus) and thus they would lose the information anyhow. The people who are least likely to lose any data are those who transfer the pictures, then look at every one to assure you have it, then go back and delete them one at a time from your camera and, when empty, then reformat the card. Try doing that during a wedding shoot. Very few people are so disciplined. It is a feature that has outlived it's day. You are hard pressed to find any software besides Lightroom that does not give this option.
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