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Old 09-21-2010, 05:47 PM   #19
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Originally Posted by chaley View Post
Yes, you can recover this way.

If you are careful, before running db integrity you can manually change the authors back to what they were, and the floating-in-space folders will be found and used. This must be done before calibre notices that the folders are missing and changes the db.
This is what I'm getting, correct me if I'm wrong.

For all the talk about making things much much worse, you don't go to a backup unless things are already bad.

Bottom line your saying if you have to go to a backup, restore a complete backup. That most likely an incremental step like restoring just the metadata.db file will prolong your frustration and in the long run cause more head banging or hair pulling.
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