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zeroality · 02-27-2013, 01:43 AM

My sister won a Kindle Fire but realized she doesn't use it that much so I'm getting it from her to give to my mom as an e-reader. I'm fairly certain she won't use it for much else.

My sister ended up loading a ton of books on it - she browsed sites for free e-books and there's quite a few on it.

I'd like to reset it to factory settings though so my mother can personalize it with her name and all instead of having my sister's name and such.

I hooked it to my computer and copied all the files over. If I reset it to factory settings, can I simply copy the files back over to retain the e-books?

If so, which folder(s) should I copy back over? And if not, how can I reset it without losing the books?

02-27-2013, 01:43 AM	#1
zeroality Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2013 Device: Kindle Fire	got a kindle secondhand but what about data? My sister won a Kindle Fire but realized she doesn't use it that much so I'm getting it from her to give to my mom as an e-reader. I'm fairly certain she won't use it for much else. My sister ended up loading a ton of books on it - she browsed sites for free e-books and there's quite a few on it. I'd like to reset it to factory settings though so my mother can personalize it with her name and all instead of having my sister's name and such. I hooked it to my computer and copied all the files over. If I reset it to factory settings, can I simply copy the files back over to retain the e-books? If so, which folder(s) should I copy back over? And if not, how can I reset it without losing the books?