# Fixing lost images

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/fixing-lost-images/116523>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [May 1, 2019, 7:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fixing-lost-images/116523 "2019-05-01T07:27:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![peternlewis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/peternlewis/32/108888_2.png) [@peternlewis](https://meta.discourse.org/u/peternlewis)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2019, 1:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fixing-lost-images/116523/5 "2019-05-02T01:07:48Z")

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The image files no longer exist on the disk (at least `locate` cannot find them). If I put them back and then run that would that help?

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