11-12-2010, 09:15 AM | #1 |
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Duplicating a Calibre Database
I'm trying to set up Calibre on a second computer. I've copied my original database, with all of its metadata, and pasted it into the new Calibre Library folder. The new program, however, does not see any of that data - none of it. I'm sure I'm missing something simple. Anybody have any advice?
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11-12-2010, 09:33 AM | #2 | |
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See here: http://calibre-ebook.com/user_manual/faq.html#id32 |
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11-12-2010, 09:53 AM | #3 |
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That's what I did, though I installed Calibre prior to copying the database. Just to be sure, I uninstalled Calibre and then installed it again. Same thing . . . all of the data is in the Library exactly like it was on the first computer, but the program still sees no books. To be certain, I ran the Welcome Wizard again, making sure it was pointed to the Calibre Library folder, but to no avail. Any other suggestions?
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11-12-2010, 10:25 AM | #4 | |
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If you don't see books, the first step would be to verify that you have the same metadata.db file in both places. Take a look at the file sizes. An empty metadata.db on the new computer would be smaller than the one in your original library. If they are different, just copy over the bigger one to the new machine. If they are the same size, then you probably don't have Calibre pointed to the correct folder. |
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11-12-2010, 11:53 AM | #5 |
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That's it . . . thanks very much for your help. For some reason the metadata.db file didn't get copied over when the books themselves did. I copied and pasted it and that immediately resolved the issue.
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