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Not sure if I'm posting in the correct part of forum
In 2018 I reinstalled Windows. For some reason something went wrong when I chose the latest Lightroom catalogue and I had to create a new one. I noticed some files were 'converted' to DNG and JPG.
I don't want it happening again in the future.
Is there a way of getting the files back?
Can I stop it from happening again?
When backing up files in Lightroom, does it back up ALL files in that library?
My backup folders in the Lightroom folder are a complete mess. I need to sort it out but don't know how without losing all files.
Pictures > Lightroom
Folders are
Now and again I backup everything on an external hard-drive and I'm backing files up as I type this
In 2018 I reinstalled Windows. For some reason something went wrong when I chose the latest Lightroom catalogue and I had to create a new one. I noticed some files were 'converted' to DNG and JPG.
I don't want it happening again in the future.
Is there a way of getting the files back?
Can I stop it from happening again?
When backing up files in Lightroom, does it back up ALL files in that library?
My backup folders in the Lightroom folder are a complete mess. I need to sort it out but don't know how without losing all files.
Pictures > Lightroom
Folders are
- Backups (Folder inside is called 'Created 15.10.17')
- LightroomCatalogPreviews.lrdata
- LightroomCatalog-2Previews.lrdata
- LightroomCatalogue (Folders inside are 'Backups' and 'LightroomCataloguePreviews.lrcat'. File called LightroomCatalogue) [Inside 'Backups' there's a folder called 2020-07-07-1851)
- New Cat 9.2.18 ------ This is my current catalogue I'm using right now (46 backup folders in here)
- LightroomCatalog
Now and again I backup everything on an external hard-drive and I'm backing files up as I type this
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