> On Nov 9, 2015, at 8:08 AM, Eric Weir <eew...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > > I am uncertain at this point which of the folders in LR points to the actual > files, i.e., the files on the reformatted and renamed drive from which they > were imported. There are indications in favor of both. > > (1) There is a recent subfolder in one of them (My Book 2) that has two > images that also exist on the reformatted-renamed drive. The other folder (My > Book 1) does not have that subfolder. Another has 13 images, and the same > folder on the reformatted-renamed drive also has 13 images, while the My > Book1 folder in LR has only 6. This suggests My Book 2 points to the database > on the reformatted-renamed drive. > > (2) However, LR indicates different numbers of images in the two folders, > with My Book 2 having more than My Book 1. This discrepancy exists in > subfolders going back as far as 2010. I am not certain what to make of it. On > the one hand, I’m certain that I have not added any images to folders that > far back since the last use of My Book !, i.e., since the drive failed. That > seems to suggest that the My Book 1 folder points to the database on the > reformatted-renamed drive. On the other hand, neither have any images been > removed that far back, and that undermines the assumption that the My Book 1 > folder points to the images on the disk. > > If the database on the reformatted-renamed disk were an up-to-date copy of > the one on the drive that failed, this discrepancy should not exist. In spite > of it, I am inclined to go with (1). I know for a fact that there are images > on the drive that My Book 1 knows nothing about while My Book 2 does. > > I am puzzled as to why right-clicking on the folder doesn’t present the > option of updating the folder location.
Taking your advice about “asking first,” Godfrey, what do you think? Should I give the My Book 2 folder in LR a try, i.e., see if its the one that’s pointing to my database? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA eew...@bellsouth.net “[I]t is a sign of great inner insecurity to be hostile to the unfamiliar.” - Anais Nin -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
