# Server removing items from library when I remove a drive.

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/server-removing-items-from-library-when-i-remove-a-drive/202777>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Created:** [August 17, 2017, 4:41am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/server-removing-items-from-library-when-i-remove-a-drive/202777 "2017-08-17T04:41:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![iatechristmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@iatechristmas](https://forums.plex.tv/u/iatechristmas)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 4:41am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/server-removing-items-from-library-when-i-remove-a-drive/202777/1 "2017-08-17T04:41:10Z")

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So, I’ve currently got a 32tb server with 8 hard drives, and occasionally I’ll have to swap one out, or one will die, etc. This last week one of my SATA ports died, and I didn’t notice until a day or two after it happened. When I plugged the drive back into another port (made sure the same drive letter was assigned), plex readded all of the media on that drive as if it was brand new. This isn’t the first time this has happened. Is there any way to stop Plex from removing the files from the library if I happen to disconnect a hard drive?

Thanks on advance for any help you can offer.

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**Author:** ![jaycedk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/jaycedk/32/81890_2.png) [@jaycedk](https://forums.plex.tv/u/jaycedk)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 4:57am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/server-removing-items-from-library-when-i-remove-a-drive/202777/2 "2017-08-17T04:57:55Z")

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Do you have this enabled  
  
That will delete movies if they are not available.

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**Author:** ![iatechristmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@iatechristmas](https://forums.plex.tv/u/iatechristmas)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 8:24am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/server-removing-items-from-library-when-i-remove-a-drive/202777/3 "2017-08-17T08:24:01Z")

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Looks like that was checked. Thank you for your help!

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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:** [January 7, 2020, 11:40pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/server-removing-items-from-library-when-i-remove-a-drive/202777/4 "2020-01-07T23:40:37Z")

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