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Old 08-04-2020, 04:54 AM   #4
Kraftwerk
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Originally Posted by chaley View Post
Please note that this process will *delete* your existing calibre library and setup. I really hope that is what you want to do.
I have my library saved on a couple of external hard drives so no worries there.

One thing I'm not sure about is the books already in my library:
When I use the 'Export/Import' function to transfer all data which will include all books, I guess I should delete all the books that are already in my library first as all the same books will be imported again?

There's different ways of installing Calibre onto a new computer and transferring all books/plugins etc.
The way I tried it the first time, the path for the library on the new laptop was different which messed things up when I added the data from the 'Configuration Directory'.

I just need to know if I should delete everything in the Library first (which I think I should, but who knows, perhaps I don't have to?) and then I can go ahead and delete all data in 'Configuration Directory', start Calibre where I should get the 'Welcome Wizard' and then install all books/plugins using the 'Export/Import' function.
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