Could not find photos on external hard drive

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  My desktop HP Pavilion P7-1074 4.5 years computer dropped last week. Planed to get a replacement on Black Friday or the day after Christmas. But I have to run some programs inside hard drve to the desktop computer. So I have attatched hard disk dive from my desktop to my laptop HP Pavilion 15 USB port with an enclosure.

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  Could someone help me please?

  Thank you very much!

  Hi @db69613,

  Welcome to the HP forums! It's a great way to engage, ask questions and find resolutions by working with specialists from the community of HP. I understand that you need assistance with your desktop computer HARD drive that is connected to your laptop via the USB port. I'll be happy to help you with this.

  I'm just surprised at the levels of technical knowledge and technical skills that your possession. Hats off to you for this. It was very clever of you! It has been a privilege to have shared this platform with you and work with you.

  First of all, programs of a different version or windows session will not work on another computer as it was installed on the computer of origin at this time. It is an installation and application software, to the difference of the data or information that is accessible by any computer when the hard drive is connected. It is because no software installation binds the application of this specific operating system installed on this specific to the time machine.

  If the computer does not and the hard drive is accessible, all the content (such as music, photos, videos, and other information are accessible), but the programs have been installed originally are not available and will not work on any other computer when it is connected to the outside.

  However, if the hard drive works fine, windows is correctly installed, then the same hard disk can be installed on another PC of office and some of the programs should work ideally.

  I hope this helps! Please let me know how it goes. I really hope that the issue is fixed without hassle.

  To simply say thank you, please click the "Thumbs Up" button for appreciate my efforts. If it helps, please mark this as "'Solution Accepted". " If you need more assistance let me know and I will gladly do whatever I can to help.

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• Windows could not complete the format (external hard drive)

  I use windows 7 64 bit and my external hard drive crashed and has converted his car to RAW format rather than NTFS

  I tried to solve the problem by changing the name of 'L' discs to other letters and retry the format without success

  I also tried to use the disk management format and changed to an optimal device

  And also I tried using diskpart.exe

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  could a. you give us the exact error message and the error code, if any?
  b. what commands did you tried the diskpart utility?
  c. I recommend to do the full format rather than the quick and check.
  d. also try to format the drive on another computer and check.
  
  I recommend you to use the clean command to remove and format all partitions on the external hard drive and check. See the article below for more information.
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  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/300415
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  Shekhar S - Microsoft technical support.

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• Lightroom do not see photos on external hard drive

  If my portable hard drive is full.  I bought a drive external western digital passport.  I created a folder on it and moved some pictures from the hard drive of the laptop on the external hard drive.  I did all this from Lightroom.

  But now Lightroom does not have the external hard drive folder in the library.

  If I try to add the folder using the + sign it will open the folder in the import window, but all is greyed out and say 'it's a duplicate of one already in the catalog

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  I also tried to take a new picture and won't see import in the folder.  It will then load this file in the library, but with only this new photo and any of those who are on the record.

  Would appreciate any suggestions.  I'm new to Lightroom def so there is a chance that it's user error what am I missing?

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  You need to move the Images in the Lightroom Catalog, before the images has been saved on the internal drive now they are all on the external hard drive. for this purpose, you must update the location of the image in the Lightroom folder as well.

  See link: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Help | Locate missing photos

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• The backup failed. Time machine could not back up on external hard drive

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  Windows 7 sometimes has trouble recognizing external drives connected to the USB ports. There are a number of possible corrections for this.

  1. make sure you that the USB port in question works with another device, that you know works. For example, take a mouse that you know doesn't work and plug it into the USB port is connected. The mouse still works? If Yes, go to #2.

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  4. After several minutes plug the power supply cord.
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  So, I recently backed up my 2012 macbook pro on an external hard drive using time machine and wiped the computer. The hard drive shows that my old hard drive was saved (there ~ used 400GB the 1 TB), however when I try to open my photo library, it tells me that files cannot be saved? I was wondering if there's another way to open these files in addition to using pictures? the file says it's big 235 GB so I know that my photos and videos are out there. If someone could help me that would be great! The last 5 years of my life are in this file. (,:

  You cannot open a Time Machine backup of the library directly. You must first restore somewhere.

  Time Machine is a backup tool, not a tool for archiving. It gives you a window of time retrieve data that has been lost in the backup source. You can't count on it to keep the files you want to keep indefinitely. All these files should be saved with the rest of your original data. The files that you delete from the source volumes will be finally removed from backups, after a variable delay which depends on your usage model and the size of the backup volume.

• Library of photos on external hard drive: not possible repair

  Hello world

  Today, when I tried to open my library of Photos, Photos crashed. After I have reopened, Photos asked that the library must be repaired. I started who, but after 2%, Photos crashed with "an unexpected error has occurred." A restart does not solve this problem. I still can't view the contents of the library package.

  I saw on messages earlier (for example, 10.10.3 Photos can not repair permissions), the output of this Terminal command can reveal the underlying error:

  find ~ $TMPDIR...------(-+ flags sappnd, uappnd, schg, uchg o! - user $UID o! - perm-600 o - acl-) 2 >/dev/null | WC-l

  Outputs this line in my case: 4471

  Please note that I'm storing my photo library, including all images imported into a separate external hard drive connected via USB.

  So perhaps the command above (where I'm not sure what it does) may not be to give the required output to track down the problem.

  Following the crash of the pictures, here is the output of the Console:

  Dienstag, 22.12.15 19:39:22, photolibraryd 504 [1483]: failed to open the library Fotos Library.photoslibrary error: Domain = com.apple.lithium error Code = 303 '(null) '.

  Dienstag, 22.12.15 19:39:28, photolibraryd 720 [1483]:-[NSNull integerValue]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x7fff797dc780

  Dienstag, 22.12.15 19:39:28, photolibraryd 722 [1483]: * reason for termination due to an untrapped exception "NSInvalidArgumentException" app,: '-[NSNull integerValue]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x7fff797dc780'

  First throw call stack:

  (

  0 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff993b5ae2 __exceptionPreprocess + 178

  1 libobjc. A.dylib 0x00007fff955be73c objc_exception_throw + 48

  2 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff993b8b9d-[NSObject (NSObject) doesNotRecognizeSelector:] + 205

  3 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff992f1601 ___forwarding___ + 1009

  4 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff992f1188 _CF_forwarding_prep_0 + 120

  5 photolibraryd 0x000000010411f2ff _ZNSt3__114__split_bufferINS_4pairINS_10shared_ptrIN2Li6Sqlite9StatementEEEU8__ strongP31LiServiceSqliteNoteBufferReaderEERNS_9allocatorISA_EEED2Ev + 164451

  6 photolibraryd 0x000000010409a414 _ZNSt3__16__treeINS_12__value_typeImNS_4pairIU8__strongP16LiSearchKitIndexU8__s trongP8NSStringEEEENS_19__map_value_compareImSA_NS_4lessImEELb1EEENS_9allocatorI SA_EEE4findImEENS_15__tree_iteratorISA_PNS_11__tree_nodeISA_PvEElEERKT_ + 13196

  7 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff9b17933f _dispatch_client_callout + 8

  8 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff9b17a926 _dispatch_barrier_sync_f_invoke + 74

  9 photolibraryd 0x000000010409a34f _ZNSt3__16__treeINS_12__value_typeImNS_4pairIU8__strongP16LiSearchKitIndexU8__s trongP8NSStringEEEENS_19__map_value_compareImSA_NS_4lessImEELb1EEENS_9allocatorI SA_EEE4findImEENS_15__tree_iteratorISA_PNS_11__tree_nodeISA_PvEElEERKT_ + 12999

  10 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff9b18692e _dispatch_data_apply + 110

  11 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff9b18b44e dispatch_data_apply + 31

  12 photolibraryd 0x000000010409a114 _ZNSt3__16__treeINS_12__value_typeImNS_4pairIU8__strongP16LiSearchKitIndexU8__s trongP8NSStringEEEENS_19__map_value_compareImSA_NS_4lessImEELb1EEENS_9allocatorI SA_EEE4findImEENS_15__tree_iteratorISA_PNS_11__tree_nodeISA_PvEElEERKT_ + 12428

  13 photolibraryd 0x000000010414334d _ZNSt3__114__split_bufferINS_4pairINS_10shared_ptrIN2Li6Sqlite9StatementEEEU8__ strongP31LiServiceSqliteNoteBufferReaderEERNS_9allocatorISA_EEED2Ev + 311985

  14 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff9b199c0b ___dispatch_operation_deliver_data_block_invoke + 118

  15 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff9b184871 _dispatch_call_block_and_release + 12

  16 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff9b17933f _dispatch_client_callout + 8

  17 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff9b17df6f _dispatch_queue_drain + 754

  18 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff9b18463b _dispatch_queue_invoke + 549

  19 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff9b17cc87 _dispatch_root_queue_drain + 538

  20 0x00007fff9b17ca34 _dispatch_worker_thread3 + 91 libdispatch.dylib

  21 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff9319468f _pthread_wqthread + 1129

  22 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff93192365 start_wqthread + 13

  )

  Dienstag, 22.12.15 19:39:28, 723 diagnosticd [134]: error assessment process info - pid: 1483, puniqueid: 1483

  Dienstag, 22.12.15 19:39:28, com.apple.xpc.launchd [1 724]: (com.apple.photolibraryd [1483]) Service was released due to the signal: Abort trap: 6

  Dienstag, 22.12.15 19:39:28, 725 Photos [1785]: error: Domain error Code = com.apple.reddwarf = 504 UserInfo = {XPC = connection down, NSLocalizedDescription = RDErrorServiceCommandNotProcessed} "RDErrorServiceCommandNotProcessed" while trying to open the Library.photoslibrary Fotos

  Dienstag, 22.12.15 19:39:28, 742 Photos [1785]: file:///Volumes/MusicPhotos/Fotos/Fotos%20Library.photoslibrary/ lost connection

  Dienstag, 22.12.15 19:39:28, com.apple.xpc.launchd [1 752]: (com.apple.ReportCrash [1791]) endpoint has been activated through legacy launch (3) API. Please go to XPC or bootstrap_check_in(): com.apple.ReportCrash

  Dienstag, 22.12.15 19:39:29, ReportCrash 190 [1791]: report of incidents recorded for photolibraryd [1483] version 1.3 (350.23.0) to/Users/andrefischer/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/photolibraryd_2015-12-22-193 929_Fischi.crash

  Dienstag, 22.12.15 19:39:32, 586 pictures [1785]: connection to the lost storage engine. Recognized user exit.

  Dienstag, 22.12.15 19:39:32, com.apple.xpc.launchd [1 608]: (com.apple.Photos.9632 [1785]) Service came out with abnormal code: 1

  Here is my system information:

  MacBook Air 13 "mid 2012, El Capitan 10.11.2, Intel Core i7 2 GHz, 8 GB of RAM

  I'm not quite desperate, because I'm having several backups of the library (only a few images are not yet backed up). However, also in the interest of others less fortunate that me regarding backups, I would like to know

  (1.) what is the cause of this unexpected behavior

  (2.) what can be done to remedy this.

  Thank you very much in advance, any help is appreciated.

  How the EHD are formatted?  It must be formatted for OS X Extended (journaled) preferable with the property set to be ignored:

  

  You have a backup copy of the library just before this problem started?

  

• Photo library... COPY NOT move to an external hard drive

  Hi... hope someone can clarify for me... i would like to COPY not move my entire library of Photos on a hard drive external not to use time machine... I want that all my photos again an another external drive alone... I use my passport for Mac... and seagate for mac... when I went to finder and slip and fall on hard drive he copied like I wanted... BUT then missed my computer! I then dragged back and that's where once again... I'm just not understand the concept... I have also an external hard drive 24/7 backup my studio book on my iMac constantly backup with time machine... so I do not see my backups, everything is good, but how can u really tell if all your r pictures actually on the hard drive of the computer and the external hard drive? Help! I really want to understand this... Thanks to all in advance for helping me!

  If you click and drag the library of your boot drive to the external HD all you do is copy the library on this disc.  To make a "gesture", hold command key while dragging.

  

• copy photos on external hard drive

  Can someone give me a method step by step to copy the photos and videos on my photos/iphotos to my mac to an external hard drive please? As far as I understand it, is not simply a matter of copy and pasting. Or is it? Sorry in advance, I'm not very technical interest.

  Do you want only the pictures and videos on the external drive, or do you want a backup of your iPhoto Library library or a library of Photos?

  For a full backup, select the iPhoto library and photo library in the Finder and drag the libraries in the folder to your external drive.  To store libraries, the external drive must have the file system format "Mac OS extended (journaled).

  If you only want copies of your photos and videos, export them Photos and iPhoto.

  See Terence Devlinuser Tip: export for iPhoto

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  I moved my library of photos from my laptop on a thunderbolt 2 TB external drive. I opened pictures (option click) and chose this place to open. Then I opened the photos and click preferences on use this as library of photos of systems. I checked iCloud and he said that I had referenced files that could not be downloaded and consolidate them. I do not know which files are "referenced". These would be photos of the former library of iPhotos that was imported in the Photos. I have more than 20,000 pictures on iCloud. Will they all finally downloaded to my new library of pictures on the external hard drive? Or I have to download the originals on my mac before moving the library of photos on the external drive. I maybe need all start over and do it - except that I don't have enough space on my drive SSD from Mac to keep them all.

  Any suggestions? My plan was to have my photos on iCloud, the originals on disk external hard and then the mac and HD on my time capsule. Access iCloud on my iPad photos air and iPhones, iPad pro.

  When I look at the size of the library of photos in my pictures folder, it is about 12 GB - there is also an iPhotos library in the images folder which is 63 GB. I think I have to combine these files but don't know how to do this. If I also moves the iPhotos library to the new external hard drive which will be done automatically. Obviously I have not deleted the folders in the library on my Mac until it works.

  They must synchronize the external disk if it's where you said Photos your library is (that you have).

  Try to create a new smart album to see what is not downloaded.

  

  iPhoto for pictures

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• Laptop running Windows 7 does not start if the external hard drive is connected

  I know what is already on a thread, but here it is again (i.e. thread became uncontrollable anyway and did not offer me solutions). I have an ASUS K53S laptop computer Series and use it as a desktop PC. It sits on my desk and never move, I plugged my larger screen, a keyboard and mouse, printer and external hard drive that I keep all my information on i rarely save to local disk. These things represent more than ports USB to the laptop, I have a hub 4 ports on there also. It is just background information; I mean, the laptop is a must.

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  I really want an answer to this, I have data on that disc that I need and I'm not.

  If the problem affects only one PC it says its something specific to this PC.

  Is there traces of yellow warning in Device Manager?

  At whatever it is updated / installed on this PC before this problem, or run a maintenance utility?

  If there is no warning of the Device Manager, then if you perform a clean boot PC http://support.microsoft.com/kb/331796 NB this isn't the manual method the Fixit which helps?

• How to copy a catalog of external hard drive to the hard drive of the computer to use smart insights not connected to the external hard drive?

  I am very new to LR5. I put LR5 in place so that my catalog and photos are on an external hard drive. I discovered that when not connected to the hard drive, LR5 can't find my catalog, therefore, I can't do any editing in intelligent insights, unless it is connected to an external hard drive. How can I fix this so that I can edit photos without being connected to an external hard drive. Is it possible to copy the catalog out of the hard disk on the computer's hard drive or I have to re-establish a new catalog using LR5? Must the catalog always be loaded onto the hard drive? Thank you in advance.

  Yes that's correct. The LR catalog must be on the computer's internal drive. Then when you have smart previews activated you can change the image without going through the reader that they are connected. When you connect this drive images will be updated.

  Simply COPY these 4 folders on your internal drive in a folder called Lightroom catalog that you create. Then open LR and go on the file menu point and select open catalog. Navigate to the folder you created called catalog in Lightroom and select the Lightroom Catalog.lrcat 5 file and click Open. Once restart Lightroom open change preferences, > preferences, and under the general tab, in the catalog default section make sure that "when starting to use this catalogue:" listings in the area where you copied the files. Something like Macintosh HD/Wherever, have created it this folder/that folder name/Lightroom catalog.lrcat 5.

• Gets the air space, copy Photos on external hard drive.

  If I copy and paste the picture on a USB application (which works very well, I have all my pictures) is the photo still be there when I open the app copied on my computer once I have them deleted on my Mac? I would like to remove all the photos from the first photo app that I have to make room, but keep photos somewhere (not iCloud).

  I would also like to know if after I open the old one and adds new photos of Photos on the Photos app, which is now on my external hard drive. (somewhat like fusion of the old and the new) Is this possible?

  Thank you very much!

  Make sure the drive is formatted Mac OS extended (journaled)

  1. exit Photos

  2 copy the library of your folder on the external drive.

  3 press and hold the option (or alt) key while launching Photos. In the menu that appears, select "Choose Library" and navigate to the new location. From there it will be the default location of your library.

  4 test the library, and when you are sure that all is well, trash on your HD internal for free space.

  Concerning

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• TM is not back up My external hard drive - or is it?

  Hey all:

  I have a MBP late 2011 under OS X 10.10.5.  I use an external hard drive with a partition called TM1 for time machine and I also have an external drive, called "Movie_Storage" which is basically just for iMovie infinity that I don't have the space on my drive internal.

  I'm "seeding" a new database of time machine on a new drive and he completed the first backup of the internal drive without any problems.  I then plugged the disc "Movie_Storage" and confirmed that this disk is NOT in the list of exceptions in the TM preferences pane.  I then let him back up again.  There is a lot of data on that drive, so it took several hours to complete, but there, apparently without any problem.

  Now that everything is done, open the drop down at the top and click on "enter Time Machine".  In the tree on the left, the "Movie_Storage" drive appears as it should.  To test things, I then go out TM, eject "Movie_Storage" and enter again TM.  I scrolling backwards in time to make sure that I am actually in a backup.  The "Movie_Storage" no longer appears in the tree.

  So I open a Finder window and navigate in the TM database.  When I'm in a backup, indeed, there is a folder called "Movie_Storage", and its size corresponds to the size of the content of the "Movie_Storage" (about 800 GB) disc.  Yet, I can't navigate it in the interface of TM if the drive is not connected.  Why not?

  Of course, if the original drive "Movie_Storage" dies, I will seek to restore my backup TM on a new drive.  If I can't see it in TM without the original disk is connected, it is a problem.  Advice?

  Thank you!

  The TM interface requires the thus mounted drive you can choose files to restore. You cannot select files from the TM drive itself in the interface of TM.

  You can view the files manually in the finder to see, so you know they are there. You can mount the external hard drive and test it in disk utility to see if you can select restore from.