Thanks a lot Lea! My file system is sooo squirrely I am hoping LR will put some consistency into it. AZ LOOKAROUND - Since 1978 Build a 120/35mm Lookaround! The Lookaround E-Book FREE COPY http://www.panoramacamera.us > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [SPAM] Re: Running Lightroom on own drive > From: Lea Murphy <lea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Fri, March 05, 2010 9:06 am > To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students > <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > You don't need to isolate LR to its own drive, leave the program on > your main drive but start a catalog from your external drive. You can > have many catalogs and ne'er the twain need meet. > > When you start a new catalog you want to be sure to place it in the > external drive, too, rather than the default location which is usually > your pictures folder. > > All that being said, I have multiple catalogs and wish I didn't. Your > images may be more conducive to multiple catalogs than mine are, though. > > Lea > > winter. over it. > > On Mar 5, 2010, at 7:42 AM, lookaround360@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > > > > > LightRoom pros, > > > > I would like to run LightRoom program by it self from 1TB hard drive. > > I want to store all new digital files in the LR cataloging and work > > flow > > scheme away from all previous digital image files. > > > > Is this a good idea or even possible? > > > > Thanks, > > > > AZ > > > > LOOKAROUND - Since 1978 > > Build a 120/35mm Lookaround! > > The Lookaround E-Book > > FREE COPY > > http://www.panoramacamera.us > >
