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Recovery from aborted Mass Delete
I have been merging libraries for the past few days and Selected to delete a large number of books, I double-clicked enter, not fully realizing what the 2nd prompt said until after I hit enter. I attempted to hit the abort button repeatedly to no avail, I Alt-F4'd but it did not put the deleted files in the recycle bin.
Is there any way to recover these files? |
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Those files should be in Trash.
The problem is, you CAN undelete the files BUT Calibre does not know to add them back to the db. SO Once you have done the undelete, you need to 1) create a New Empty Library someplace else on the drive (right click the Library Icon) NOTE if you have custom columns, use the COPY STRUCTURE option 2) Once the library is done, switch back to the old: Select All (ctrl-A): right click Copy to Library (the new one): delete after copy. This moves Known Books. What is left in the library FOLDER is lost books 3) Switch to the new Library: Right click Add :Add from Folders and Sub Folders: <point to the old library folder>. That should do it |
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Unfortunately, they are not located in the trash or the library.
I believe that because I started the delete process with so many books they don't get sent to the trash bin. |
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No, if they were not destined for the recycle bin then your only hope is a backup.
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