[digiKam-users] Replacement External Hard Drive (Windows 10)

[Chris DeSon]

Thank you. I think that worked. The newer, replacement drive was formatted
by me using Windows Disk Management, and then Robocopy was used to copy all
of the image folders/files to the new drive. As a result, although the data
was "cloned," the UUID for the replacement drive remained unique. Thank you
for explaining it well. Although I came close to figuring out how to do
this on my own, I did need help. The ability to keep backup copies of my
photographs on multiple hard drives and swap them when necessary is very
important to me. -- Chris

On Sat, Sep 4, 2021 at 7:19 PM Maik Qualmann <metzpinguin at gmail.com> wrote:

> You'll need to update the path and UUID in the database. Go to the digiKam
> collection settings and use the "Refresh" icon button (circle symbol) next
> to
> the collection and set the new path, even if it is the same, the UUID will
> be
> updated. If you have actually cloned, you may now have 2 drives with the
> same
> volume UUID. digiKam can no longer differentiate between these volumes.
> Either
> change the volume UUID of a hard drive with an appropriate tool or
> reformat a
> drive. There cannot be multiple drives with the same volume UUID.
> Unfortunately, this is the case with new drives of the same type and
> manufacturer if they are already formatted in the factory.
>
> Maik
>
> Am Samstag, 4. September 2021, 17:36:54 CEST schrieb Chris DeSon:
> > I have cloned my external hard drive (with thousands of photos) onto a
> new,
> > larger hard drive. Unfortunately, I can't convince digiKam that all of
> the
> > photos in the old Album are now on the replacement drive. My digiKam
> > database files are still on an internal SSD. Do you know where should I
> > look for help on how to do this? (Windows 10)
>
>
>
>
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