I cannot thank you enough chaley:
I have finally completed this mammoth task.
Any suggestions/cautions I don't have to do this again in the process I do as follows:
I have around ( 3480 books/articles/thesis) (about 45gb)
and add several more every week
I have one original and one backup copy:
Lib1 original (at pc)
Lib2 backup (external usb disk) (identical copy of Lib1)
This was I was doing it before I mucked it up:
1)adding new ones to Lib1 (via drag and drop from a folder)
2) Copy to Lib2 (via Calibre interface)
In order to fix the corrupted database,
1)I have added all the items (add books -one book per directory)
2) then I copy the whole lot to external usb disk
so no problem so far.
From now on:
Should I
a)drag and drop the new ones from a content folder and include them in Lib1, then Copy to Lib2 (via Calibre interface)
or should I
b) add books - one book per directory
and then Copy to Lib2 (via Calibre interface)
if I pick option b) , it adds only one item rather than the whole folder I have noticed, so I must be doing something wrong I assume
I appreciate your any further suggestions and cautionary tips please
all the best
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