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tools44 · 03-07-2011, 09:03 PM

ok, sorry if this has been covered; 1st post and I've searched the forums and haven't seen an answer.

i recently had to do clean reinstall of OS, and subsequently calibre. i was able to successfully import my collection w/metadata, however the custom column i had created is missing.

i "assume" the info i entered in the column is in the metadata still. i have over 1200 books in there, so it's definitely not something i would want to redo.

is there a way to retrieve the original structure with custom columns on a reinstall? the only thing i can think of is that maybe i had to 'save to disk' at some point and that might save the structure somewhere?

please advise. thanks.

03-07-2011, 09:03 PM	#1
tools44 Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: kindle 3rd gen	Retrieving custom column after reinstall? ok, sorry if this has been covered; 1st post and I've searched the forums and haven't seen an answer. i recently had to do clean reinstall of OS, and subsequently calibre. i was able to successfully import my collection w/metadata, however the custom column i had created is missing. i "assume" the info i entered in the column is in the metadata still. i have over 1200 books in there, so it's definitely not something i would want to redo. is there a way to retrieve the original structure with custom columns on a reinstall? the only thing i can think of is that maybe i had to 'save to disk' at some point and that might save the structure somewhere? please advise. thanks.