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Originally Posted by Phssthpok
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I was hoping there might be some sort of cleanup tool somewhere in the Kindle itself that I wasn't aware of. Or wouldn't it be nice if there was a "cleanup" option in the "Item Not Available" dialog. Oh well. it looks more and more like I'm just going to have to reformat the damned device and reload my entire collection of 2000+ books just to get rid of these ghosts.  |
DO NOT reformat the visible USB storage area!
It has some very special options that most FAT-32 format utilities do not support.
PLUS -
That would not touch the 'hidden' user data area where the files exist that are causing you your problems.
Instead -
Over USB, copy the contents of /documents to your PC ;
Disconnect and on the Kindle use the "Reset (to factory defaults)" feature ;
That will erase the 'hidden' storage area and the visible USB storage area ;
Then on you PC, delete the sidecar directories for all 2000 books ;
Then transfer the contents of /documents back to your Kindle no more than a hundred titles at a time (and have a cup of coffee in-between transfers).
The Kindle does need some processing time to re-create all of the sidecar information.