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Raw & Post Processing, Printing => Adobe Lightroom Q&A => Topic started by: Kaitlyn on November 15, 2009, 09:07:18 am

Title: Catalog + Photo Backup
Post by: Kaitlyn on November 15, 2009, 09:07:18 am

So, if my folder structure is:

M:\Pictures\2007\...
M:\Pictures\2008\...
M:\Pictures\2009\...
M:\Pictures\YYYY\...
M:\Pictures\LightRoomCatalog\[catalog files]

If I just back up Pictures folder, am I set? Or are there files in C:\Program Files\Adobe\Lightroom (or elsewhere) that I should also be backing up?

Thanks!

Title: Catalog + Photo Backup
Post by: howardm on November 15, 2009, 09:49:03 am

that should be fine although you won't be capturing any saved presets, etc.  (not sure where they live on a PC)

Title: Catalog + Photo Backup
Post by: Rusty on November 15, 2009, 12:10:24 pm

Kaitlyn: your back up should be ADDITIONAL to saving your photos at time of import to a second drive location.

Title: Catalog + Photo Backup
Post by: wolfnowl on November 15, 2009, 01:37:34 pm

Quote from: howardm

that should be fine although you won't be capturing any saved presets, etc.  (not sure where they live on a PC)

It depends.  You can ask Lightroom to store presets, etc. with the catalogue, in which case they're stored under Pictures\Lightroom\Settings\...

Mike.