Recognising Edited Images on HD with New Computer

Stephen Gordon

• December 22, 2014 12:35

I have an external HD with a edited images on it and the catalog file also on that drive. The catalog recognises this drive as Drive E as it was named on my old computer.

I now have a new computer and the external drive is now labelled G. I have opened the catalog but I only have access to the images "offline" as it doesn't recognise the new drive letter as holding the images for that catalog.

I'm really not sure how to get the catalog to recognise the edited images with the new drive name.

Any help appreciated

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  SFA

  • December 22, 2014 12:48

  Could you change the drive name?
  
  Windows tends to allocate drive names on a first come first served basis and things like card readers tend to use up a number of "names". However there is no reason that I am aware of that MOST drives, other than A,B,C and, usually, D should not be renamed to suit your purposes. (If your machine has 2 internal drives and has perhaps allocated E for one of them that might be a constraint.)
  
  Alternatively there should be a utility function that allows you to re-link the catalog to the files, provided for exactly this purpose, albeit perhaps because you might choose to move something rather than have a new machine create general havoc for any of your applications that were quite happy with using drive E previously!
  
  I don't use catalogs so the precise activity required is something I will leave for others to describe if you can;t make it work for you.
  
  HTH.
  
  
  Grant

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  Stephen Gordon

  • December 22, 2014 12:54

  Thanks SFA. My new computer has indeed already named one of the internal drives with my old ext drive letter so that is a problem,
  
  So I'm looking for a way of telling the catalog the edits are on the newly labelled drive.

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  AiDon

  • December 22, 2014 13:49

  Hi,
  
  If I remember correctly you can right-click on a directory and select Locate
  
  Have a look at this for Capture One Pro 7 http://blog.phaseone.com/relocating-cat ... one-pro-7/

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  Stephen Gordon

  • December 23, 2014 12:14

  Bravo AiDon
  
  Worked a trea!
  
  Thanks so much.
  
  Couldn't find this in the on-line manual.

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