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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Sorry if this has been requested before – I just couldn’t find any references. I need to consolidation 20+ years of photos from myself, family and friends.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>My configuration:<o:p></o:p></p><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=1 type=1><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:-15.75pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'>I have Windows 10Pro with:<o:p></o:p></li><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=1 type=a><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:-15.75pt;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo1'> i7 3200 Processor; 32Gb Ram; 500GB SSD boot drive; NVida 2060 GPU;.<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:-15.75pt;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo1'>(5) hard drives; 100Gb to 2Tb.<o:p></o:p></li></ol><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:-15.75pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'>Each hard drive is from a different CPU, and each has different directories with various types of photos and videos. <o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:-15.75pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'>I’ve established a 680GB disk to accept all of the images for my use.<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:-15.75pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'>I’ve installed digiKam 7.3.0 for Windows.<o:p></o:p></li></ol><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:2.25pt'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:2.25pt'>My problem is how to get these into a common library/location for easier management! (or, should I even do that?) <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Questions:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>1: Can I use digiKam to find and consolidate those photos and videos?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> If yes, how?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>2. If no, any suggestions on how to get this done?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thank You!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>/David<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>