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Originally Posted by KristaG
I opened Calibre this morning, and all my book files were gone! I have no idea what happened to them, the database is EMPTY.
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KristaG - can you elaborate on this - ie what do you mean by an
empty database?
Technically the database is the 'metadata.db' file in the library folder - is it there?
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Originally Posted by KristaG
I checked my Calibre Documents folder, and there are NO book files in it.
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Are there any author folders and within them any book folders. If there are then what files are present in the book folders?
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Originally Posted by KristaG
I don't see a tool within Calibre to recall deleted files, and I had recently emptied my Trash too, so that's a bust.
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There isn't one
When a book is 'Removed' calibre moves book folder to a randomly named temporary outer folder and sends that to Trash, so a restore from Trash must be done manually - if it hasn't been emptied meanwhile.
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Originally Posted by KristaG
I back up my computer regularly, but I've added books since my last backup, is there any way to retrieve those?
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Not unless you've kept a copy elsewhere
FWIW - I keep everything I add to calibre in their original locations until I do my weekly off site backup. Then I delete them, by which time I have 3 copies in one in the calibre library and on its daily and weekly backups.
What operating system and version do you use and which version of calibre ?
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