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i am using multiple remote HDDs (where i keep both photos and LR catalog). LR appears to remember an 'old catalog' from past PC-assigned disk ids (e.g. E, F, G, ..) which then conflict with operating on the actual (currently connected) HDD. for example: i'll see drive E (without green light) that has most of the files identified as missing and also drive G (with green light) with only some of the files. i've been unable to move the E to G or to import to G (since photos are listed in E). Getting LR to operate on the 'current connected HDD' has been difficult as this catalog is incomplete since LR seems to assume that the 'old catalog' is still operational even though it is an artifact of the PC-assigned disk id which is no longer valid. i can do a 'find file' associated with the 'old catalog' and it will properly show up in the 'currently connected HDD' but this is a file-by-file operation unsuitable to hundreds of files - is there a way to simplify this and prevent the 'old catalog' from showing up? i've tried using synchronize and a few other operations which frequently lead to more missing files.

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