Comments on: THE PROBLEM – LIGHTROOM CATALOG CORRUPTION http://www.thenomadicphotographer.com/2007/12/23/the-problem-lightroom-catalog-corruption/ Jonathan Kingston explores the world in search of images and insights Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:13:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: admin http://www.thenomadicphotographer.com/2007/12/23/the-problem-lightroom-catalog-corruption/comment-page-1/#comment-1050 admin Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:37:14 +0000 http://www.thenomadicphotographer.com/?p=13#comment-1050 Hi Tom, Sorry to hear about your image travails. Corrupted cards do happen from time to time, but there are a couple things you can do to minimize the risk of them happening in the future. 1. Every time after you download your card to your computer, put the card in back in the camera and format it (this is different from "delete all"). There should be a "format card" option somewhere in the menu of your camera. 2. Avoid editing in the camera and deleting individual shots during the shoot. Wait until your home on your computer to do this. The evidence against this is more anecdotal at this point, but it is worth avoiding. If and when you do get in a bind, like you just went through, there are some great recovery utilities out there that can help you recover information off of your card. I use the file recovery utility provided by San Disk called "RescuePRO". It comes with every purchase of one of their cards and has saved me a couple of times. Hi Tom,

Sorry to hear about your image travails. Corrupted cards do happen from time to time, but there are a couple things you can do to minimize the risk of them happening in the future.

1. Every time after you download your card to your computer, put the card in back in the camera and format it (this is different from “delete all”). There should be a “format card” option somewhere in the menu of your camera.

2. Avoid editing in the camera and deleting individual shots during the shoot. Wait until your home on your computer to do this. The evidence against this is more anecdotal at this point, but it is worth avoiding.

If and when you do get in a bind, like you just went through, there are some great recovery utilities out there that can help you recover information off of your card. I use the file recovery utility provided by San Disk called “RescuePRO”. It comes with every purchase of one of their cards and has saved me a couple of times.

]]> By: Tom Wolff http://www.thenomadicphotographer.com/2007/12/23/the-problem-lightroom-catalog-corruption/comment-page-1/#comment-1049 Tom Wolff Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:25:18 +0000 http://www.thenomadicphotographer.com/?p=13#comment-1049 I have been using lightroom about a month. I had a problem with the files in downloading. First the compact flash card 's files got corrupted. Then I could burn a cd without all kinds of dire notices popping up. I spent 12 hours yesterday downloading through my camera via the canon software and could finally burn a disc. Lightroom may be wonderful but I'll never know. I lost 4gb of an overnight sailing race and consider myself lucky. Thanks for your post though. they made me relize how much there is to learn. Any recommendation for books or other materials. tw I have been using lightroom about a month. I had a problem with the files in downloading. First the compact flash card ’s files got corrupted. Then I could burn a cd without all kinds of dire notices popping up. I spent 12 hours yesterday downloading through my camera via the canon software and could finally burn a disc. Lightroom may be wonderful but I’ll never know. I lost 4gb of an overnight sailing race and consider myself lucky. Thanks for your post though. they made me relize how much there is to learn. Any recommendation for books or other materials. tw

]]> By: Joseph Eastburn http://www.thenomadicphotographer.com/2007/12/23/the-problem-lightroom-catalog-corruption/comment-page-1/#comment-263 Joseph Eastburn Sat, 19 Apr 2008 02:18:29 +0000 http://www.thenomadicphotographer.com/?p=13#comment-263 Yep I just went through this myself. I love light room, but come on, really? To add to this fun, I could figure out why my harddrive was bogging down. Then I discovered I had 40gigs of image previews. Do you keep you previews on a drive of thier own? Yep I just went through this myself. I love light room, but come on, really?

To add to this fun, I could figure out why my harddrive was bogging down. Then I discovered I had 40gigs of image previews.

Do you keep you previews on a drive of thier own?

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