Lightroom: "File Not Found"

Why does Lightroom give me a "File Not Found" warning sometimes, but not at other times.

Here is the scenario: Import RAW files from external HDD into LR(Library mode); Develop, make prints.

Quit LR. Shut off HDD, Shut off Computer(Mac G4). Return next day or a week later, turn on Computer,

turn on HDD, open LR, select Library mode, choose photo(already in the LR Library), move to Develop

mode, get "File Not Found" warning--no develop, no print possible. If I delete all the files, then re-import

them, LR works normally. What unbelievably simple thing am I overlooking? Thanks, Keith B.

"File not found" means that the path to the file has been broken, the file name has been changed, or the file has been moved. My guess is that is has something to do with powering off the hd.

I don't know but I mimic your question. I had this exact problem this weekend. For some of the files I would click on the file folder that is missing in the light room directory and then right click and it would give me an option to find file and i could reassoicate the files. But on one file it would not reassoicate for some reason and I cant for the life of me figure it out.

 

Nick

I've experienced similar issues (and I'm using Windows XP, BTW), but my experiences come when I swap USB ports on the external harddrive, so that it changes the mapped drive (D: vs G:). LR seems to go through a search upon startup to locate the files where they were last mapped to, so if you haven't started up the harddrive before you start LR, you'll likely need to re-map manually, but I think you can get away with closing LR, making sure you're HDD is active and mapped to its usual drive, and then start LR. Hopefully this helps.