Added new HHD, Now Lr folders are re-lettered!

[HawaiianEye]

Lightroom Version Number

Classic 8.3

Operating System

1. Windows 10

I do video work ( slideshows of my photos ).
I added a new 4T hhd, for video saves.
This will alleviate the video space encroachment into my image file HHDs.
Of course, in hindsight, I now realize most of the Drives has been re-lettered.
Now the HHDs and partitions that Lightroom uses, is messed up!
I know the best way to move, add, or change the folders Lightroom uses, is through Lr.
One partition, with it's folders has remained intact. "E".
But "H' partition, is now leading to another Drive.
When I look into the Drive/Partition that holds what used to be the recognized "H" drive, but has changed to "K' drive...
Only two small folders are recognized by Lr.
Please don't tell me I have to re-import the approx. 30 huge folders with subfolders, back into Lr!??
That will take a couple of days of solid grinding to accomplish!
So, if you know a simple, way to fix this, I'm all ears!

 

[Hal P Anderson]

Please don't tell me I have to re-import the approx. 30 huge folders with subfolders, back into Lr!??

Don't do that.

Windows lets you set the drive letters for your drives.
Control Panel->Administrative tools->Computer Management, then click Disk Management in the list on the left side.
For each of the volumes with LR-controlled images, select the volume and go to menu item Action->All tasks->Change drive letter and paths
You'll get a dialogue box. Hit the Change button. Whew! Choose a new letter near the end of the alphabet.

In LR, right-click on the topmost missing folder on that volume and choose Find missing folder from the context menu. In the dialogue that comes up, navigate to that folder on the newly named drive and click the OK button. That will find that folder and all its subfolders.

Repeat for each external disk volume with images on it.

 

[HawaiianEye]

Thanks Hal! !
You know I just purchased a super partition clone mover thingamajig, the week before I ordered this 4t hhd.
I did just that! I mapped everything out on paper, and carefully renamed everything back, after renaming the new drive to Drive W. That did it!
The new W drive is virgin. So no need to find anything on it. When I formatted it, it name itself D drive, and that threw all the other names off.

 

[Philippe Coudé du Foresto]

You can also "mount" your drive in a folder. That way, it's path will never change.

 

[John Little]

Windows can sometimes rename external drives, perhaps depending partly on how many of them are attached. It can seem arbitrary. You can prevent this by renaming the drive to something remote from E:\ , such as P:\ , as described here: How to Re-assign a Drive Letter on Windows (XP, Vista, Windows 7 and 8)
Perhaps it's the same approach as Hal suggests above, and maybe what you did, but a little redundancy can't hurt.