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It is very possible to move a calibre library. In theory, what you did is sufficient.
My guess is that when you copied the calibre stuff, you copied all the folders but did not copy the database file metadata.db. If the database file is not there, then calibre creates a new one. Alternatively there are permission problems and calibre cannot open the db.
Start with checking these two things. 1) is there a file metadata.db in the calibre library, and is it the same length as the one in your backup? 2) are all the files in the calibre library (and preferences for that matter) read/write by your new user ID?
Finally, the next time you start calibre, do so from a terminal window using the command 'calibre-debug -g'. That way you will see any information that calibre might toss out.
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