Relinking multipe Images in InDesign

Hi all,
I need to relink all images within my Indesign documents as due to a laptop upgrade the external drive port or rather names have changes from say J: to I:
Is there a way to mass relink all images, without having to manually update 100s of photos?

Hi,
In order to reduce your efforts of relinking, you can put the entire set of images in an folder and relink any one of them. In the relink dailog, go to the folder containing all your images, check search for other missing links in this folder option.
As soon you click relink button InDesign automatically searches for all the missing links available in that folder and then prompt you if you want to relink them also.
There you can make your choice.

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My indesign product catalog has links with a lot of different folders around in my hard disk, not a single folder. And to keep my catalog up to date I must package it.
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How does your script react in the unlikely case of duplicates?
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:43:47 -0600
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Script to search and relink linked image files that were moved?
At least your honest about your laziness.... Here's your reward:
Just a hint, don't select root of your volume, it will loop through every folder in existence, but key to this script is, if you know the general location, select into that folder hierarchy and the script will test for a relative path, otherwise, come back in a few days, and it will be finished.
~mike
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