Backing up Calibre

iwaddo77 · 12-22-2011, 02:55 AM

Hi

I've managed to get book Series to successfully transfer to my Kindle as a Special Title so I now know which order to read my books in.

I now want to make sure I backup all the important Calibre files so I can restore in the event of a future problem. My backup program allows me to create a script to ensure I back everything up.

I am backing up
-my books
-metadata.db file stored with my books
-files in C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\calibre

Are these all the important files? I've assumed the files in c:\program files\calibre are all created by the installer so I do not need to back them up.

Are there any registry settings I need to backup?

Thank you for your help

itimpi · 12-22-2011, 04:14 AM

Sounds like you probably have everything.

When you say you are backing up 'my books' I assume you mean the folder and everything within it (which includes the metadata.db file) - if so, that is everything in your calibre library. The files under your User are all the calibre preferences for that user.

As you correctly surmised, you do not need to back up the binaries - these can always be re-instated by simply re-installing calibre.

kiwidude · 12-22-2011, 04:30 AM

I will put my Kovid hat on and post this link

http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq....o-i-backup-app

iwaddo77 · 12-23-2011, 01:22 AM

Thank you, much appreciated.

I had looked before posting, next time I will look more thoroughly.

Thank you.

12-22-2011, 02:55 AM	#1
iwaddo77 Member Posts: 17 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: Kindle	Backing up Calibre Hi I've managed to get book Series to successfully transfer to my Kindle as a Special Title so I now know which order to read my books in. I now want to make sure I backup all the important Calibre files so I can restore in the event of a future problem. My backup program allows me to create a script to ensure I back everything up. I am backing up -my books -metadata.db file stored with my books -files in C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\calibre Are these all the important files? I've assumed the files in c:\program files\calibre are all created by the installer so I do not need to back them up. Are there any registry settings I need to backup? Thank you for your help

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12-22-2011, 04:14 AM	#2
itimpi Wizard Posts: 4,553 Karma: 950151 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony PRS-950, iphone/ipad (Marvin/iBooks/QuickReader)	Sounds like you probably have everything. When you say you are backing up 'my books' I assume you mean the folder and everything within it (which includes the metadata.db file) - if so, that is everything in your calibre library. The files under your User are all the calibre preferences for that user. As you correctly surmised, you do not need to back up the binaries - these can always be re-instated by simply re-installing calibre.

12-22-2011, 04:30 AM	#3
kiwidude Calibre Plugins Developer Posts: 4,719 Karma: 2197770 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Australia Device: Kindle Oasis	I will put my Kovid hat on and post this link http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq....o-i-backup-app

12-23-2011, 01:22 AM	#4
iwaddo77 Member Posts: 17 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: Kindle	Thank you, much appreciated. I had looked before posting, next time I will look more thoroughly. Thank you.