help recovering my library

babyz · 06-01-2010, 12:37 PM

Hello I recently had a virus on my computer but was able to go through safe mode and find an antivirus program that would delete the virus. It was a fake antispyware soft program and I didn't even know it was on my computer until everything quit working. Once I got my computer working and checked all my important things out I got onto calibre and found that all of my books are gone. Does anyone know how I could find my books and get them back? I have about 400 books on there. I am not a computer savy person so please help in layman terms. thnx and love the site.

edbro · 06-01-2010, 12:42 PM

Are the books in the database folder and just not in the database? If the books themselves are not on the hard drive, then you have a big problem. If they are still there and just not in the database then you can add them again. All your metadata will be gone though.

I gotta ask: No backup? It is for reasons like this that backups are essential; not just for Calibre, but for all your important data.

06-01-2010, 12:37 PM	#1
babyz Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: u.s. Device: sony ereader	help recovering my library Hello I recently had a virus on my computer but was able to go through safe mode and find an antivirus program that would delete the virus. It was a fake antispyware soft program and I didn't even know it was on my computer until everything quit working. Once I got my computer working and checked all my important things out I got onto calibre and found that all of my books are gone. Does anyone know how I could find my books and get them back? I have about 400 books on there. I am not a computer savy person so please help in layman terms. thnx and love the site.

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06-01-2010, 12:42 PM	#2
edbro Banned Posts: 640 Karma: 4911 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Grapevine, TX Device: iPad4	Are the books in the database folder and just not in the database? If the books themselves are not on the hard drive, then you have a big problem. If they are still there and just not in the database then you can add them again. All your metadata will be gone though. I gotta ask: No backup? It is for reasons like this that backups are essential; not just for Calibre, but for all your important data.

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