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mariekes · 03-27-2016, 08:03 AM

@MartyTX: Thanks for the picture, this helped! I did the search exactly as indicated, and it finds 44 files. Yet these do not contain any of the lost books.
To be quite honest, I am not sure what these results mean? I have 5000+ books in my library. So what's up with these 44?

@theducks: the books do still have a cover showing in the library view. I can open the jpg in the book folder. Also the metadata files are still there and can be opened with notepad.

@BetterRed: I'd probably have to start over from my backup then... Then I would just have lost a lot of time sorting out my library. The HD is somewhere in a box, recently moved to a new home :-)

Question:
If the metadata and correct covers are still there, could I just copy the epub file from my backup directly into the book folder? Or should I go through the entire process of importing the books and redoing all editing actions?

Is there anything I can do to prevent this from happening again? Because I have no idea what happened (I wish I had a cat to blame ;-)

Thanks a lot, guys!!
Happy easter!

03-27-2016, 08:03 AM	#10
mariekes Member Posts: 17 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2016 Device: Kobo Libra H2O, Libra Colour	@MartyTX: Thanks for the picture, this helped! I did the search exactly as indicated, and it finds 44 files. Yet these do not contain any of the lost books. To be quite honest, I am not sure what these results mean? I have 5000+ books in my library. So what's up with these 44? @theducks: the books do still have a cover showing in the library view. I can open the jpg in the book folder. Also the metadata files are still there and can be opened with notepad. @BetterRed: I'd probably have to start over from my backup then... Then I would just have lost a lot of time sorting out my library. The HD is somewhere in a box, recently moved to a new home :-) Question: If the metadata and correct covers are still there, could I just copy the epub file from my backup directly into the book folder? Or should I go through the entire process of importing the books and redoing all editing actions? Is there anything I can do to prevent this from happening again? Because I have no idea what happened (I wish I had a cat to blame ;-) Thanks a lot, guys!! Happy easter!