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FF2 · 12-18-2010, 06:09 PM

Not totally in panic but close. I seem to have "lost" my desktop computer and I thought my Calibre Library. I've been using my netbook on which I installed Calibre and adding new titles there. Well, I have now managed to salvage the d: drive (not the boot Windows drive) so I have TWO calibre libraries.

I know I can copy one Calibre folder (and its subfolders) to the other and Windows will offer to either copy/replace or just add new items to the folder structure. So all titles/files would be in the resulting merged FOLDER system. But what will calibre do with all of this new data? Is there a REFRESH option that would consolidate it all or???

I did search on Merge but there were too many hits and I'm trying to get this stuff back sooner rather than later...

What have I forgotten to ask?

Thanks in advance.

12-18-2010, 06:09 PM	#1
FF2 Wizard Posts: 1,105 Karma: 1025784 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: WiFi Kindle3	Merging Calibre databases and/or folders? Not totally in panic but close. I seem to have "lost" my desktop computer and I thought my Calibre Library. I've been using my netbook on which I installed Calibre and adding new titles there. Well, I have now managed to salvage the d: drive (not the boot Windows drive) so I have TWO calibre libraries. I know I can copy one Calibre folder (and its subfolders) to the other and Windows will offer to either copy/replace or just add new items to the folder structure. So all titles/files would be in the resulting merged FOLDER system. But what will calibre do with all of this new data? Is there a REFRESH option that would consolidate it all or??? I did search on Merge but there were too many hits and I'm trying to get this stuff back sooner rather than later... What have I forgotten to ask? Thanks in advance.