Restoring files from an external hard drive.

peggyfromrenton Said:

peggyfromrenton Said:

"Restoring files from an external hard drive.: Thanks so much but when I drag any files in the Trash to the external drive they go to the root folder and not back their original folders. However, I found a “put back” option on the File menu and used it on a test file I just deleted - it restored the file the original folder. Not sure why it won’t work with any of the other files in my Trash. But if I should ever make this mistake again, I’ll do more research before I make the decision to move the files back manually (which is what I did earlier). Sorry but I feel a migraine coming on after this effort. Thans again for your help!"

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peggyfromrenton Said:

"Restoring files from an external hard drive.: I use Lightroom and an external hard drive to store my photos. Tiffany I inadvertently deleted a bunch of the within Lightroom but they went to my trash. How can I restore them to their original locations when they were in different folders? Thanks for any help!"

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Recovering these Properly:

If you had these on an external hard drive, then plug in the external hard drive, and then drag them all back into it, from the Trash - all would go back to their proper locations on the hard drive.