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Originally Posted by eschwartz
If it is truly a copy of the library, the database should be there -- a copy of the old, working database. That is all calibre needs or wants. It should restore you to exactly whatever calibre saw at the time the backup was made.
Can you confirm that there is indeed a metadata.db in the root folder of the backup?
TBH, this is confusing me a TON.
Can you post a screenshot of calibre?
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Yes my backup library has a metadata.db file that was backed up when the library was backed up. It also has a metadata_db_prefs_backup.json file if that's needed.
I've copied the backup files to the Calibre library folder but Calibre didn't see any books. I think I need to refresh or recheck the library or something to let Calibre know that books have been added since I didn't use the Add Book feature I just copied files to the library folder. Unfortunately I don't know how to do that.
There's nothing to take a screen of right now there's zero books in Calibre. I'm gonna copy back over the backup files to the Calibre library folder tonight and look for a way to get Calibre to see that books have been added.