These settings are in the Windows File Explorer View Options menu depending on Windows version. Make sure Windows File Explorer is set up to not Hide hidden files and folders, and to Show extensions for known file types. The reason for this is you want all the photo folders and the Picasa Database to match each other.
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Note: Exit Picasa on the old PC and make sure you don't start it again until after you have copied all your photo folders and your database to the external drive. (1) Make a backup of all photo folders to an external hard drive If there are photo folders on external drive(s), the drive letter and folder path must be the sameĮxample: if the old drive path was P:\Photos, the drive must be mounted as P: on the new PC The path to any folders being watched outside of pictures must be the same The path to the pictures folder must be the same on both.Įxample: C:\users\\Pictures on Win7, Win8.1, Win10, or Vista
The User name must be the same on both because the user name is part of the path. The version of Windows on both machines must be compatible, either XP on both or Windows 7, 8, 10, or Vista on both.
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If the old computer has Windows XP and the new computer has Windows 7, 8, 10 or Vista, follow this link to move your pictures (not the Picasa database) to the new computer: Move photos to a new computerĬopying the photos and the Picasa database will only work if your full path to the photo folders is the same on the old and new computers: Example: both computers have Windows XP or both can have other versions of Windows (such as Vista, Win7, Win8.1, and Win10) because they all use the same folder structure. WARNING: These instructions will work only if both the old and the new computers have the same Windows version. If you lose one folder or photo, you can find it in the backup and copy it back to the photo collection on your computer. If something unexpected happens to your photo collection and you need to restore it to the way it was when the backup was done, use the techniques outlined in steps (3), (4), (5) and (6) as necessary. Store the external drive in a safe place so your backup will be safe from fire, deletion, or theft. Make a backup of the Picasa database as outlined in Step (2) below.
Make a backup of all photo folders as outlined in Step (1) below. Before beginning, back up your photo collectionįor the best backup, consider writing all Face Tags to the photo metadata as outlined in the Optional steps further below.
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