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Old 08-06-2021, 04:19 PM   #6
kchichester
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Originally Posted by theducks View Post
metadata.opf is what Calibre restore USES to rebuild the DB as well as
metadata_db_prefs_backup.json, which is the Structure (as customized) of what the DB should have.

If that is gone, you only get the default fields upon restore
The orginals were overwritten when I tried to restore. I do have the pre restore meta file that Calibre created in there.

I am really only concernced that I get the books and the basic meta data. I had tons of customizations that I have come to terms with losing. How do I get Calbre to recognize the other books. The move to the harddrvie only took the books that were in the "new" smaller library.

Would I use the "Add Books" function pull the metadata for each book from it's folder?

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