Copy file to different hard drive

anton bossenbroek

• February 08, 2024 07:29

Hi,

 

I have all my photos of one catalog on a magnetic hard drive that I don't trust anymore. I would like to copy all the photos of the catalog to a different hard drive without having to image the drive. Any clue how I could achieve this while retaining my original catalog?

 

Thanks,

 

Anton

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  Abbott Schindler

  • February 08, 2024 08:19

  I've done this before by simply naming the new drive exactly the same as the old one and then doing a [Mac] Finder copy or using [Mac] Carbon Copy Cloner. I assume that similar file copy/drive synchronization capabilities are available for Windows.

  What I'd do is first format the new drive, then copy the files, and finally rename the new drive to the same as the old one. Then connect only the new drive(s) to your computer and Capture One should be fine.

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  Walter Rowe

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  • February 08, 2024 09:43

  

  As Abbott Schindler explains you can copy to a new drive and name the new drive the same as the old drive. Make sure you remove both drives after copying is complete, and then plug in only the new drive. Then look in /Volumes and make sure the new drive is mounted as /Volumes/DRIVENAME like the old one.

  Capture One catalogs remember drive names AND full paths to the files including /Volumes/DRIVENAME.

  For example the catalog will refer to /Volumes/DRIVENAME/path/to/my/rawfile.NEF

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