Copy the library from an external hard drive to another catalog EHD and sync

Already, I saw this link but it doesn't tell me how to copy the library, it simply moving photos from one hard drive to another How to copy files to an external hard drive in Lightroom "Julieanne Kost's Blog of »

I want to know how can I make a second copy of my library on my second drive, backup in case where my only main falls down and I want it so that my catalog can be synchronized with my second backup drive.

Any ideas?

The easy answer is to-

1. close Lightroom

2 use the software to 'mirror' of your Master images folder and subfolders of the primary transmission to the second DHM operation.

Some free Windows software-SyncBack, MS-Synctoy, FreeFileSync.

* If your Lightroom catalog file exists in the records of Master images, it will appear in the "mirror".

* You can exclude the... Previews.lrdata folder of EHD. (it can be huge, and it can be re-built)

* Note: "block mirror" made an exact copy of the files, it adds new files and removes the file 'deleted' SMT. It should not be used as a backup of the system-Deleted files are also deleted from the "mirror".

* Note: You must not access the EHD copy using the catalogue work Lightroom on the main drive - this will only create chaos.

3. If you want to restore from a system crash JEP 'mirror' will catalogue and image files in the exact state at the time of the last "mirror." Copy everything back to the main unit and open the catalog. LRCAT file. Lightroom is back in business.

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