Main external drive failed

[lynn_2]

Lightroom Version

10.3

Operating System

1. macOS 11.0 Big Sur

My main external drive failed. When importing I have made a backup on another drive. I bought a new hard drive, transferred the Lightroom Photos Backup folder to the new drive, renamed it Lightroom Photos. I have followed the steps on how to move my photos on another drive, however the new drive with the photos still has question marks and is telling me when I go into Develop the photo is not available. Seems I am missing something in the steps. I have used the Update Folder Location and this hasn't connected the photos to the catalog.

 

[Johan Elzenga]

Your disk name and folder hierarchy needs to be identical to the old drive. If it isn’t, then you can’t use ‘Update Folder Location’, but you can use ‘Find Missing Folder’. See Lightroom thinks my photos are missing—how do I fix it? | The Lightroom Queen

 

[lynn_2]

Found only my older photos are missing from when I used Aperture, so likely I linked those from outside of the Lightroom files. Am looking for those to move and link to. Thanks