Thread: How to best start db from scratch?
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Old 05-23-2014, 05:13 AM   #17
manawydan
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Originally Posted by theducks View Post
This leads me to believe you have multi-os file system artifacts (been there.) 2 or more entries, varying only by case (not at all valid in XP, sometimes SHOWS in explorer, but not valid to call from a program (Calibre), which expects Windows case insensitive rules.

You may have accessed the Calibre Library by a Case sensitive OS (like Linux) or used a Network on a share/cloud, leading to multiple, case different files. Calibter expects only one of any extension to be in the folder
Ok, but why .. *scratch head*

The whole library is from an Windows XP OS.
It has been backed-up to a external HD und from there been copied to Windows 7 64bit.

Why is it possible to restore the DB in the beginning (I have started it again, adding only a few files every time and so far it works - there are warnings but the restoring is finished "successful").

If case sensitivity is a major problem that causes Calibre to stop working why not from the beginning?
Do warnings/errors accumulate?
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