[digiKam-users] Drive crash. How to recover?

[digikam at 911networks.com]

On Mon, 09 Aug 2021 21:00:51 +0200
Maik Qualmann <metzpinguin at gmail.com> wrote:

> You can update the UUID and path with current digiKam versions
> without problems. Go to the digiKam collection settings and click
> on the refresh icon and select the new path / drive. It is
> important that your underlying folder structure is still the same,
> otherwise the database will be rebuilt. 
> 
> A backup of the DB is always good in case you do something wrong
> ... 

A backup is not always good :(

In the last 6 weeks, I've had 3 hd die, 2 productions and 1 backup.
Luckily (or stubbornly) I had 3 backups, now only 1 left, the 1 I
will recover on Wednesday from...

2 - 3tb western digital drives identical and same age
1 external - 2 tb lacie 6 years old

Thanks for the info

> 
> Maik
> 
> Am Montag, 9. August 2021, 17:17:32 CEST schrieb
> digikam at 911networks.com:
> > DK 7.3 on Manjaro
> > 
> > My 3.5" external drive (USB toaster) with all my images and DK
> > databases has crashed. I think that that drive is toast. partition
> > table is gone and smartctl cannot read anything on it.
> > 
> > I have a backup on an other 3.5" external drive (USB toaster)
> > 
> > The UUID are different. How do I reset the path & UUID for DK to
> > read the existing db?
> > 
> > or Do I start a new db and reimport everything? I have the xmps.
> > 
> > Thanks  
> 
> 
> 
> 


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