Fwd: crashed hard drive

[Maik Qualmann]

Am Samstag, 19. Juli 2025, 06:25:14 Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit schrieb 
Carlos Echenique:
> Maik,
> 
Yes Carlos, I guess I wasn't fully awake yet. The digiKam database 
(thumbnails-digikam.db) only stores very small images, usually 256x256 pixels. 
If you set large thumbnails, 512x512 is also possible, or 1024x1024 is 
possible with a 4K screen.

Your only option is to recover the hard drive if you don't have a backup. Good 
luck if you still have something readable.

Maik

> I think the OP wants to use the images in the database to recover them.
> 
> OP,
> 
> the digikam database contains thumbnails and the location of the
> original files. It is not a backup. You will need to hire a data
> recovery service to get the photos off of that corrupted drive. The only
> way to really keep them safe is to make backups before the problems happen.
> 
> carlos echenique
> ce.photography
> 
> On 7/19/25 12:15 AM, Maik Qualmann wrote:
> > If you're using SQLite, create a backup copy of the digikam4.db file.
> > 
> > Don't take any action at this time, so use the last selection. After
> > starting digiKam, you'll only see thumbnails and won't be able to open
> > the images. Then go to the digiKam settings under Collections and click
> > the "update" button behind the corresponding collection (circle icon).
> > Set the new path to your copied images. Make sure it's the same path
> > hierarchy as before.
> > 
> > Maik
> > 
> > Am Freitag, 18. Juli 2025, 17:11:54 Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit schrieb
> > Errol> 
> > Sapir:
> >> I  have all my photos on a digikam database. My seperate hard drive where
> >> I
> >> store all my photos seems to be corrupted and unavailable. I want to copy
> >> my photos to a new hard drive from the database. Can this be done and
> >> how?
> >> Below is what I get when opening Digikam . When I press ok my photos come
> >> up
> >> 
> >> TIA
> >> Errol