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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 443913" data-attributes="member: 9240">Depends on what you mean by &quot;back up&quot;.Here's what I do.&nbsp; My current catalog points to a folder structure, which spans both my laptop drive and an external.&nbsp; On a second external I will back up (outside of Lightroom) the precise folder structure on both the computer and the other external, along with a copy of the LR catalog from the same time.&nbsp; Technically, should I lose data on either my laptop or primary external I should be able to restore it from the backup, and if I restore the folder structure and catalog precisely as before I should be able to get the catalog to recognize the restored images.&nbsp; If not, there is functionality within LR to help you find the new location for the catalog image, at which point it should reapply the edits stored with the catalog information.If you really want to be certain you never lose anything you can export your entire catalog to a backup source along with an associated .XMP sidecar file.&nbsp; This way, if you lose everything else including the catalog you can simply reimport the images with the sidecars into a new catalog.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 443913, member: 9240"] Depends on what you mean by "back up". Here's what I do. My current catalog points to a folder structure, which spans both my laptop drive and an external. On a second external I will back up (outside of Lightroom) the precise folder structure on both the computer and the other external, along with a copy of the LR catalog from the same time. Technically, should I lose data on either my laptop or primary external I should be able to restore it from the backup, and [I]if I restore the folder structure and catalog precisely as before[/I] I [U]should[/U] be able to get the catalog to recognize the restored images. If not, there is functionality within LR to help you find the new location for the catalog image, at which point it should reapply the edits stored with the catalog information. If you[B][I] really[/I][/B] want to be certain you never lose anything you can export your entire catalog to a backup source along with an associated .XMP sidecar file. This way, if you lose everything else including the catalog you can simply reimport the images with the sidecars into a new catalog. [/QUOTE]

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