Were you working on JPEGs or RAW?
Do you remember whether you were using sidecar files? If so, there should be .xmp files with the same name as the others in the folders (in some formats, like JPEG, the information is stored in the file rather than the sidecar (so it would be safe there.)
If you chose to save the settings in the catalog, you may be out of luck! The way to do what you did was to export the folders as a new catalog from Lightroom, then delete the folders.
Hope you have sidecar files!
Note that LR also does it's own backups, if you let it. You mean you never, in all the years, made a backup of that drive, or let it do a backup? (not judging, just asking!)
Message edited by author 2013-11-09 23:07:05. |
