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Originally Posted by kamuzz
Well that made a complete mess. Obviously I didn't understand your instructions.
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Reading through this post the only thing that is a complete mess is your current understanding of calibre. The good news is this understanding will become clear soon
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Originally Posted by kamuzz
In Calibre, I went to Library, then to "switch/create library" and chose to move the current library to a new location.
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This is a good way to ensure you have a clean library.
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Originally Posted by kamuzz
Now it has picked up 95% of the folders and moved them to the new location. And there are still folders inside folders inside folders that Calibre won't find as books.
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It picked up everything that was in its database and moved those folders/files to the new location. The file structure of the new location should reflect exactly the books that show in calibre's GUI.
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Originally Posted by kamuzz
I was expecting to have the original folder tree left intact, so I could sort through it, tidy it up and then use Calibre to selectively add parts of it to the Calibre library.
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The original folder tree now only has the books that weren't included in calibre's library. Calibre picked up and moved everything that was entered in its library/database and moved it to the new location.
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Originally Posted by kamuzz
What if I use the move option and move the library back to its original location and then uninstall Calibre. Will that remove the Calibre folders from my original storage?
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Your file structure in the new location now equals what is in your calibre library. There is no need to move the library again and moving it back would serve no purpose except to maybe jumble things up again. Now it is time to start adding books and correcting metadata.