[ArmadilloPilot]

I had to reinstall Win 10 on my computer. All files were lost. But, I did have a Windows Backup on a hardrive. I want to know how best to restore those Library files over to the new system. All files have a date/time added to the end of their name. So the books, metadata, etc. are not the same as original.

Any experience here? It seems, from what I have read, that you cannot simply copy the files over into the calibre folder. I also had, in the old installation, special fields I created to keep track of whether the book was read and when. I don't know how to preserve that data. Because, I assume I will install the Calibre program first (which will not have any of my unique data). Then I need to know how to get my Library over to the new installation.