Thread: How Do I import my Calibre Libraries from back up to new install?
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Old 09-13-2015, 11:57 AM   #7
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Originally Posted by Cobra View Post
Hello. I am a new member to the forum.
I had a HDD failure on my laptop and have reinstalled Calibre to another computer.
I had a backup of the Calibre Library folder that I have tried moving to the new computer. I put it in the documents folder where the empty Calibre Library folder was created by the installation. I have tried the above routine several times and the program will not show any of the titles in the folder. Obviously doing something wrong. Any ideas?
Did you REPLACE the ENTIRE contents of that folder?

If you pasted the folder (Calibre Library) into documents. Did it end up alongside the original (from the installer)?

FWIW I have done this so many times. Over 3 versions of Windows and Linux.
Copying Libraries between Linux <> Windows is the only time I have seen problems. And the Metadata not showing WAS NOT one of them
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