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Originally Posted by popbop
I've read the manual on exporting/importing a library. However, in my case, I'm trying to recover a Calibre library and metadata from a laptop that just died. The mobo blew. But, I do have all my data on the old SSD drive, which I can easily connect to my new laptop via an external USB hdd enclosure.
I can access all the old laptop files and Calibre data: eBooks directory, Program Files directory, %user%AppData directory, etc. However, since I did not *export* the library (old laptop mobo blew), I can't just run the Import function.
What's the best method to restore my old library on my new laptop?
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PeterT
Plus - you should also be able to copy the old
Users/[you]/Appdata/Roaming/calibre to the same location on the new computer - this will restore global preferences, plugins and customisations etc. This is not 'officially' supported, so if doing this creates any problems just 'uncopy' it
Don't worry about Program Files/Calibre2 - everything in there is as it was from the install. Just install Calibre on the new computer from the downloaded MSI. And there's nothing in the Registry you need worry about - unless you put it there yourself.
BR