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Originally Posted by Mountie
I had checked the old Calibre Library and I do not see a file like that in the new computer. I did think that was the problem last night, so I took one of the "new" metadata files that Calibre created and stuck it in the old library. It did move the metadata file but not the library, so assume that there is information in the metadata file that would bring the books with it.
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Indeed. The metadata.db contains the database of which books calibre manages and their locations, along with the books' metadata. Using just any metadata.db with any library folder isn't going to work, you need to have the database file from when the library folder was last accessed by calibre.
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Can I get the other Calibre program on my old computer to create this file? Then I can transfer it to the library on my new computer. The other computer recognizes the library and uses it well.
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If you have a working calibre library on your old computer, copy that whole library directory onto the new computer and tell calibre to use it as the library. Be careful to copy it into an empty folder and add books only via the GUI to preserve library consistency.