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Originally Posted by Bookerblood
Hi,
Whilst I am not very "techy" I have built up a library of over 10,000 ebooks and have accessed them via Calibre.
Yesterday thinking backup (I thought) I did two things:
1. Clicked on library metadata backup
2. Switched the database to an external hard drive - use existing database at new location.
Now the C Drive calibre folder just has metadata.opf files and no books or covers
As I say I just wanted to have a copy of the database in case on C Drive failure.
So can anyone help and say:
1. What is the best way to get the books back into the C Drive main library folder and
2. What is the best way to get a full backup od the C Drive master in future.
Many, many thanks in anticipation
(Bewildered) Booker
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Backup Metadata only refreshes the file stored (metadata.opf) WITH (in the same folder as) the title. With 10K books, this is a long process (1 file per title) . You can check the (progress) status from the Library Maintenance menu
You just MOVED the Library to an external drive???
COPY it back. If you added books to the empty Library it gets trickier. Ask if needed,
Before proceeding.