Migrating the database from a crashed computer.

[Benoît Barbier]

Sorry, I didn't see that a similar question had just been asked.

Le 25/11/25 à 12:25, Benoît Barbier a écrit :
> Hello,
> 
> I would like to merge two databases and recover the tags and labels.
> 
> I am going to completely reinstall my PC's operating system due to a 
> technical problem and a hard drive change.
> 
> I put the old hard drive in a USB adapter and I have access to the 
> photos in my collection and the database.
> 
> For this step, I plan to mount the external drive in a USB adapter, 
> recursively copy the collection directory and the database directory to 
> the new drive, start digiKam, and configure it to use the database 
> copied to the new hard drive and the collection.
> 
> In the database, is the path to the photos in the collection absolute or 
> relative to the collection?
> 
> Will there be any problems with the paths?
> 
> In case of problems, I also have incremental backups of the collection 
> and database on another disk, but they are a few weeks old.
> 
> Is this the right method, or is there a safer/simpler one?
> 
> However, I have been using digiKam for some time on another temporary 
> installation.
> 
> Is it possible to merge this data to recover the work of the last few 
> weeks: tags and labels, etc.?
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> -- 
> Benoît