What is the primary purpose of the Disk Search feature?

What is the primary purpose of the Disk Search feature?

• A. To locate missing files using a deep search
• B. To organize media into bins
• C. To relink offline media
• D. To create new timelines

Answer: (A)

Disk Search is about finding missing media by scanning your connected drives for files Resolve can’t locate because their paths have changed. When a project references clips that were moved, renamed, or relocated, those assets appear offline. Disk Search lets you point Resolve at a disk or folder and perform a thorough scan, including subfolders, to discover where the actual files now live. Once you’ve found the correct files, you can relink them so the project resumes using the right media. This isn’t about organizing media into bins, which happens in the Media Pool. It isn’t a feature for relinking offline media directly on its own—it's the tool you use to locate the assets so you can relink them. And it isn’t about creating timelines, which is an editing operation.

Disk Search is about finding missing media by scanning your connected drives for files Resolve can’t locate because their paths have changed. When a project references clips that were moved, renamed, or relocated, those assets appear offline. Disk Search lets you point Resolve at a disk or folder and perform a thorough scan, including subfolders, to discover where the actual files now live. Once you’ve found the correct files, you can relink them so the project resumes using the right media.

This isn’t about organizing media into bins, which happens in the Media Pool. It isn’t a feature for relinking offline media directly on its own—it's the tool you use to locate the assets so you can relink them. And it isn’t about creating timelines, which is an editing operation.