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problem transferring files from one computer to another
Hello.
While on vacation, I used Calibre on a different computer from my usual one (computer with Windows 7 instead of 10, but same latest version of Calibre, I think 4.23, installed).
I thus downloaded some EPub documents from the web, and then converted them to Mobi (also retaining the original EPub, of course).
When coming back, I took all files on a USB key, nicely arranged in their respective folders, and then copied the folders to the "Calibre Library" folder on my usual home computer.
So now all the new folders and files are in the "Calibre Library" folder on my usual computer, BUT when I open Calibre, they will not show up in the list of ebooks AT ALL ; also, when I create a catalogue, they (and only they) do not show up in it.
I hope the answer isn't "that's because you must transfer the WHOLE Calibre library or nothing" because: 1/ I have about 60 Gb of documents, which is not so totally easy to put on a USB key, 2/ on the computer I used while on vacation, I only have a few dozen files (all of them transferred from my usual home computer but for the ones I added lately, and all of them do show up fine on this vacation computer), but the bulk of what I have is only on my home computer (and a backup storage disc).
What went wrong, why, and how can I solve the issue ? Because as things are now, all the files I downloaded and used while away from home are, for all practical purposes, "dead", which irritates me quite a bit.
Sorry if that is a dumbhead's question, but anyway thanks a lot in advance for an answer (and solution on how to actually get these files, that are still on my USB key too, to actually "be" on Calibre).
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