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So here is my basic workflow. I import all images onto my SSD hard drive in their own folder. Upon import, I create a backup copy of the RAW files on an external hard drive. That external hard drive now contains about 6 years worth of RAW file backups. I want to migrate all of my backup RAW files onto my NAS, which is much safer as it's not only about 11 TB's, but it's in RAID and insulated from my computer in the event of a virus attack. My concern is that if I move the backup RAW files, does LR lose track of them similarly to moving RAW files that are part of the catalog in Windows Explorer, outside the LR environment, and then having to re-establish the file path in LR to find the RAW files again.
My concern is that I can't manually go through some 40k photos over hundreds and hundreds of folders and re-establish each file path. Does anyone know if LR remembers the file path to the backup RAW files in the catalog? Or, if I move all the backup RAW files, is there an easy, bulk way to re-establish the file pathway?
My concern is that I can't manually go through some 40k photos over hundreds and hundreds of folders and re-establish each file path. Does anyone know if LR remembers the file path to the backup RAW files in the catalog? Or, if I move all the backup RAW files, is there an easy, bulk way to re-establish the file pathway?