Thread: Backing up Calibre libraries - help please.
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Old 11-23-2018, 09:54 AM   #23
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Originally Posted by lburg801 View Post
When I select Backup status: it says "Book metadata files remaining to be written: 0" and the options are to "Queue all books for backup" or "Close".

I have not bothered to queue books since I first tried it thinking it was a step in the backup process. What is it for?
That is ONLY a backup of the CALIBRE shown METADATA. It exists to restore the DB ENTRIES only

If you want a FULL backup (best done to a different hard drive), use Export / Import on the Library icon
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