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Originally Posted by chaley
Calibre does have a restore feature, since version 0.7.21. It is able to reconstruct the metadata.db file from the books in the library, using the OPFs that it automatically creates when the metadata has changed. See the command line command calibredb restore_database. The command assumes that it is operating in a calibre library folder hierarchy.
That said, it sounds like you have a copy of your library. Why not tell calibre to open that copy, using the switch library dialog? Have I missed something? Edit: re-reading the posts tells me that you don't have a backup per se, but instead the original sources. Clearly opening these as a library won't work.
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I tried that but it did not work. I have copies of the metadata.db and opf files along with copies of the opf files for all the books and the original book sources, the only things I am missing are the directories with all the books in the place that Calibre is looking for them. I suppose I could start over and lose the date added info, something I would like to avoid. Tell me is it possible to remove all the books, re-add them as new additions and then import the metadata from the opf files, will this restore the original date added info along with retaining the saved searches and user categories??
What I am trying to do is retain my library with the customizations that I have created over the last several months. I am not an expert with Calibre so I do not know how to accomplish this, so I do appreciate any assistance you can offer as well as any advice you have on how to prevent this from happening in the future, when using backup programs what are all the files and locations I should be backing up so that I can restore everything should this happen again?