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esskayel · 05-13-2012, 05:53 PM

Hello,

I recently had to format my computer. I thought if I saved my entire Calibre Library folder, that importing them would save my preferences and ratings as they existed when I saved the folder. I do have all of my books, but all of my ratings and some of the metadata are missing. I did not realize until AFTER formatting that Calibre has an option to backup metadata for all books.

I suspect I'm screwed. At this point, is there a way to retrieve my ratings and preferences? Although it will be a major pain, I don't mind downloading metadata again, but it breaks my heart that I can't see which books I've already read and rated.

I apologize if this has already been addressed. I did do a search, but didn't find an answer to this.

Thanks in advance.

05-13-2012, 05:53 PM	#1
esskayel Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2012 Device: Kindle Fire	Import complete library and preferences after format? Hello, I recently had to format my computer. I thought if I saved my entire Calibre Library folder, that importing them would save my preferences and ratings as they existed when I saved the folder. I do have all of my books, but all of my ratings and some of the metadata are missing. I did not realize until AFTER formatting that Calibre has an option to backup metadata for all books. I suspect I'm screwed. At this point, is there a way to retrieve my ratings and preferences? Although it will be a major pain, I don't mind downloading metadata again, but it breaks my heart that I can't see which books I've already read and rated. I apologize if this has already been addressed. I did do a search, but didn't find an answer to this. Thanks in advance.