# Lost metadata during relocation

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**Category:** General Discussions\
**Created:** [August 7, 2018, 7:34am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/lost-metadata-during-relocation/293111 "2018-08-07T07:34:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![raevengel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4491bb/32.png) [@raevengel](https://forums.plex.tv/u/raevengel)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 7:34am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/lost-metadata-during-relocation/293111/1 "2018-08-07T07:34:35Z")

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Hello,

I’m adding a hard drive and need to switch around some of my media locations. I know how to move media in my Plex server and have done it before (leaving the 1st location in the library, adding the new location, letting the PMS update everything then deleting the original location). However, when I did that, I still lost metadata (such as specific images/posters, description, etc) even though I left everything in place until the new location has been fully scanned and matched.

It’s there anything I can do to prevent this happening again? I really don’t want to lose all my metadata¡ Thank so much in advance!

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**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 7:56pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/lost-metadata-during-relocation/293111/2 "2018-08-07T19:56:04Z")

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The only really safe way is this one, but it is not for the faint-hearted

> [@\[HowTo\] Plex database modification - Moving media the right/wrong way](https://forums.plex.tv/t/howto-plex-database-modification-moving-media-the-right-wrong-way/126701/1):
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> [Moderator edit:] The description of the alternative method is given in the 10th post below: [[HowTo] Plex database modification - Moving media the right/wrong way - #10 by jelwell](https://forums.plex.tv/t/howto-plex-database-modification-moving-media-the-right-wrong-way/126701/10) People ask all the time about moving media content. I think the reason they ask is because I think this article is misleading: You can’t move content to a new location and expect any of your manual changes to apply to the moved content. If your files are all named perfectly, then sure, Plex will simply rematch you…

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 7:56pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/lost-metadata-during-relocation/293111/3 "2018-11-05T19:56:08Z")

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