Thread: A Bit Dense - what do I need to back up?
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Old 01-13-2009, 11:47 AM   #2
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Originally Posted by mgrunk View Post
What do I need to back up so that if I had to install calibre again, I would be able to bring back in not only the folder of books that I will back up, but the categorization and comments and updated meta data.
Basically you should back up your calibre folder. (Go into the config file to see what the path is.) That contains all your books and the metadata database that has all the extra info in it.

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