Got a new computer. I moved all my movies to the new computer. Library not showing organized library with movie posters etc

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Please tell me i don’t have to go through everything in this article. Move an Install to Another System | Plex Support

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Uh, yeah… you do need to follow EVERYTHING IN THAT ARTICLE. It’s literally there for EXACTLY what you would have had to do to keep your previous install intact.

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I just clicked on one of my folders in plex > Manage Libraries > Refresh All Meta Data and it was able to show all the movie posters… I’m not sure if I’m going to run into any issues now… I can stream everything… I’m so confused. I just moved my old hard drive to the new computer and created a new server… Am I going to run into any issues?

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You can move your media folders to a new machine and set up a new Plex Server instance then scan the folders for media. That’s the simple way, but you’ll lose all watched/unwatched data, sharing, local users, etc. and your clients will need reconfiguring to point at the new server.

If you want to retain all that: yes, you have to follow the complicated and well documented procedure.

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