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ranchero · 05-12-2019, 09:38 PM

My e: disk crashed, fortunately, Calibre was fully backed up by File History (Windows 8.1). The computer techs installed a new drive and restored the disk from File History.

I now have ALL the books, a LOT of .db backup files (e.g. metadata (2019_05_04 03_04_43 UTC).db) and a zillion .json files

(e.g. metadata_pre_restore.db)

but an empty Calibre. The library appears to have been restored entirely but with a wiped out metadata.db file. Attempts to rebuild it resulted in empty Calibre.

I backed up the library again before experimenting, using all the suggestions I could find in the manual and forums, but I am missing something.

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Thanks
rob

05-12-2019, 09:38 PM	#1
ranchero Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2019 Location: On a Mexican beach Device: kindle	Empty calibre after disk crash/replacement My e: disk crashed, fortunately, Calibre was fully backed up by File History (Windows 8.1). The computer techs installed a new drive and restored the disk from File History. I now have ALL the books, a LOT of .db backup files (e.g. metadata (2019_05_04 03_04_43 UTC).db) and a zillion .json files (e.g. metadata_pre_restore.db) but an empty Calibre. The library appears to have been restored entirely but with a wiped out metadata.db file. Attempts to rebuild it resulted in empty Calibre. I backed up the library again before experimenting, using all the suggestions I could find in the manual and forums, but I am missing something. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks rob Attached Thumbnails