Thread: Calibre 2.7 Unable to open Database file
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Old 11-01-2016, 02:00 AM   #15
davidfor
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Originally Posted by Gordo29 View Post
Connected the Aura to W10 Anniversary PC and tried to access the Kobo. The memory card can be accessed but the Kobo drive is "not accessible". The Aura still works (I can read books, change settings, sync, etc.), so I assume this is the reason for the error in Calibre. Will a factory reset solve the problem or is there a less drastic measure I can try. Tried to use windows to scan the disk but get "disk not accessible" error.
If it is the actual Win10 Anniversary Edition, than the Kobo device will not work. Kobo are fiddling with the boot sector and MS decided that that was illegal. That has been fixed. MS released updates that let it happen and the next Kobo firmware doesn't do that fiddling. Or does it in a way that MS is OK with. There is a big long thread in the Kobo forum here discussing this. If this is the problem, you won't be able to use Windows to view the main storage of the device at all. And you will probably get a prompt about formatting the drive.

If this is the problem, the best thing to do is let Windows update itself. MS released a fix for this about a month after they broke it. The firmware update hasn't been released for anything other than the two new devices. You can use this on the older devices without to much risk.
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Guess I'll use it as is for now. Can I sideload books by just adding them to the sd card?
Yes, that will work. If Windows is seeing the external SD card when the device is connected, then it should process the books when you eject he device. Or, you can take the card out and copy the books onto it and then put it back into the device.
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