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Originally Posted by duytrung
Hi all,
I use calibre portable version
As far as I know, when open Calibre, drag and drop items from windows explorer to calibre will add the items into Calibre database. The file will be copied, read meta data, ect. However, I found that it is really really slow in the same volume. While after adding, I just want to remove the file in the directory to free up disk space because my books are already in calibre library (located in the folder "calibre portable").
I don't know any method for calibre to just move the books into the library to save them in the database. I have tried to import files to library someway but not successful due to the admin rights or something like that.
Please!
Thank you.
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duytrung - if the books are already in the calibre library, and you have a backup of it, then you can, at your own risk, delete the original copy using windows explorer. Calibre won't know nor care because it does not record the location from which a book was added.
When calibre adds books to a library it always takes a copy and leaves the original in place, its up to you whether or not you keep the original, and for how long. The exception is if you use the automatic adding feature -- see
Preferences->Add books->Automatic adding. When you use this feature, after copying the file calibre will delete it from the auto-add directory.
Assuming you're not in a corporate environment, calibre should not require admin rights if you have the your permissions set consistently. If you are in a corporate environment then you may need to talk to your IT support people.
BR