08-15-2017, 02:44 PM | #1 |
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Numbers discrepancy
I have a possible problem I'd like some help with.
As you can see from the first image, Calibre reports 1,227 EPUBs, and 325 PDFs. A total of 1,552. In addition, I have 8 books listed with no formats (not published yet) making the total of 1,560 as shown at the foot. When I do a maintenance check, Calibre reports no errors and that files match up (see second image). However, when I do a Windows search on the Database folder, Windows reports 1,224 EPUBs and 324 PDFs - a total of 1,548 or 4 less than I had expected. I went back to Calibre and checked, and no books have multiple formats, also, all books (other than the 8 already identified) have no formats. Checking authors was my next thought, but Windows has only 155 folders for the 657 authors showing in Calibre (I have a few Anthologies)! So that is not going to be an easy match-up. So am I right to be querying this or is there an obvious solution I've not thought of? If there isn't, can anyone suggest an easy way to identify the 3 EPUBs and 1 PDF that appear to be in Calibre, but are not saved where I expect them to be. Thanks, Colin Last edited by ColMac; 08-15-2017 at 03:12 PM. Reason: Spelling |
08-15-2017, 02:56 PM | #2 |
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Have you ever accessed the library with Linux?
That can cause Case issues that Windows does not deal with nicely. |
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08-15-2017, 03:07 PM | #3 |
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No I've never used Linux.
Also I basically re-built a new database today from a backup so it should be clean Colin |
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Are you sure all the eBooks are actually there?
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08-15-2017, 04:47 PM | #6 |
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Do a check disk to ensure Windows has no disk errors.
As a last resort, create a new library and copy all books to it. Compare the new library counts to the old library counts. |
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08-15-2017, 05:33 PM | #8 |
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@ColMac - if a book has multiple authors e.g. Jane Doe & Mary Smith there will only be an author folder for the primary author - i.e. Jane Doe.
A search for formats:false will show you the books with no format files. I wouldn't use WDS for counting things by type, I'd use my 3rd party file manager (xplorer²) or Agent Ransack. BR |
08-16-2017, 04:43 AM | #9 |
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Did a disk check (although I do one regularly anyway) and no errors reported.
Creating a new library was what I did yesterday, but I planned to try again just in case. Also tried search for formats:false and that only threw up the 8 cases I know about. Next I did a Windows search again. This time I got the same answer from Windows as from Calibre. So 1,227 EPUBs and 325 PDFs. Problem not solved, but gone away! Strange!!!! Thanks to everyone who helped. Colin |
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