Do not delete the catalog or the images in the catalog. That will erase any keywording and image editing that you may have done.
If the backup (Lightroom 2) has the identical files that Lightroom 1 had, then simply point your catalog to Lightroom 2, and make Lightroom 3 a new backup (I would seriously think about using a different naming scheme). If Lightroom 2 has the same files, but they aren't in the same folder structure, then it will be more tedious to link the files (but infinitely more preferable to re-importing and re-doing all your previous work). On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 1:32 AM, Christine Aguila <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Everyone: > > I'm seeking advice. Here's the situation: > > 1) I've been using 2 external drives for my photos. I have called these > drives Lightroom 1 (main one which has been linked to a catalogue of 8,000 > plus photos) and Lightroom 2 (back up). Well, Lightroom 1 stopped > responding. It's been replaced, and I have named the replacement external > drive Lightroom 3. > > 2) Now, all the photos in my catalogue of 8,000 plus photos are identified in > Lightroom as "missing." As Lightroom users know, this is because Lightroom > can't find the external drive Lightroom 1 (the drive that died). > > So, my question is, what would our experienced Lightroom users do in this > situation? Would you > a) delete all images in the catalogue and reimport from Lightroom 2 (and copy > photos to Lightroom 3)? > OR > b) delete the catalogue itself, create a new catalogue, then import photos > from Lightroom 2 (and copy photos to Lightroom 3)? > OR > c) something different? > > > > Also, lately I've been thinking of going through all my photos and really > weed out the junk, so I thought that since I have to deal with this photo > management mess, I'd also do some weeding at the same time. > > Cheers, Christine > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- David Parsons Photography http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.blogspot.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
