# Moving indexed files to different external volume
**URL:** https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/moving-indexed-files-to-different-external-volume/65239
**Category:** DEVONthink
**Created:** [June 23, 2021, 10:11am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/moving-indexed-files-to-different-external-volume/65239 "2021-06-23T10:11:19Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@kelpie](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/kelpie)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2021, 10:11am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/moving-indexed-files-to-different-external-volume/65239/1 "2021-06-23T10:11:19Z")
Hi
I’ve recently had to scrap an external drive I was using and have moved all the files to an external SSD. Some of the files and folders were indexed in DEVONthink and, of course, they now show as unavailable. Is there an easy way to inform DT that the files have moved or is it a case of reindexing each folder again?
Thanks
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### Author:  [@cgrunenberg](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/cgrunenberg)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2021, 10:47am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/moving-indexed-files-to-different-external-volume/65239/2 "2021-06-23T10:47:01Z")
The easiest solution might be to use the name of the old volume for the new volume and to use a different name for the old volume (if it’s still mounted). If the path on the new volume is still the same, then this should be sufficient.
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### Author:  [@kelpie](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/kelpie)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2021, 10:51am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/moving-indexed-files-to-different-external-volume/65239/3 "2021-06-23T10:51:24Z")
Thanks, I did consider that but the volume names are different and descriptive and I need to keep them that way. If the only other option is to reindex then that’s what I’ll do. Cheers
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### Author:  [@cgrunenberg](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/cgrunenberg)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2021, 10:56am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/moving-indexed-files-to-different-external-volume/65239/4 "2021-06-23T10:56:24Z")
Another option is this script:
> [@DT indexed folder relocation](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/dt-indexed-folder-relocation/53143/7):
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> In this case the above procedure won’t work and a script would be necessary like this one: -- Update Paths. -- Created by Christian Grunenberg on Fri May 17 2019. -- Copyright (c) 2019. All rights reserved. tell application id "DNtp" activate try set this\_selection to the selection if this\_selection is {} then error "Please select some items." repeat display dialog "Find:" default answer "" buttons {"Cancel", "OK"} default button 2 set searchString to the text returned of the …
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### Author:  [@kelpie](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/kelpie)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2021, 1:03pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/moving-indexed-files-to-different-external-volume/65239/5 "2021-06-23T13:03:17Z")
Thank you. After a couple of trials I managed to update the paths of all my indexed folders using your script. Saved a deal of time. Cheers.