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Old 03-08-2025, 04:40 AM   #1
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Question Transfer library to new computer

I have had to buy new desktop PC as my old one was destroyed. Fortunately I had my Calibre library backed up elsewhere.I installed Calibre on the new PC thinking it would pick up my old library, but it did not. I saw the "Import/Export" option which I tried but no joy. Calibre doesn't recognise my old library. I have around 2000 books on there which were sourced from many different locations, most of them I have read , but numerous ones have not.
Can anyone help in this?
I am not what anyone would describe as computer literate so please be aware if the experts reply.
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Old 03-08-2025, 04:57 AM   #2
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Copy your backup library directory onto your new computer in your documents directory

Use the Calibre ebooks:Switch/create library menu item and, making sure to have the Use a previously existing library at the chosen new location radio button selected, choose the copied directory in your documents directory,
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Old 03-08-2025, 06:09 AM   #3
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WOW. Thank you so much. Much like all things , so easy when you know how
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Old 03-08-2025, 06:24 AM   #4
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I'm since told by someone who's more of a Windows expert than I am that keeping the calibre library in your documents directory might not be a good idea. So the advice is to quit calibre, move the library to somewhere outside your documents directory, start calibre and point it to the library in its new location.

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FYI, If you have an internal second D drive or D drive partition on your main drive, you move your Calibre library(s) to the D drive. The main reason is if you ever have to reinstall Windows because it became corrupted and have to wipe the C drive when doing the reinstall. You should also have all your data files be on the D drive. This has saved me several times over the years.
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Old 03-14-2025, 05:39 AM   #7
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Thanks for the info. Previously I had that sort of setup on my old PC, with a seperate partition on my drive, so I did install the old calibre library in a similar way on the D Drive. All is now functioning perfectly.
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