04-11-2024, 11:18 AM | #1 |
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Entire Database Has Disappeared
I do not know what to do. I opened Calibre the other day and EVERYTHING is gone. The only thing here is the Quick Start Guide - it looks like Calibre has been completely reset.
So I tried to restore the database. I chose my calibre library and hit OK. It says "Restoring database from backups, do not interrupt, this will happen in multiple stages." So I just let it run. It has been "restoring database" for TWO DAYS! I do not know if it is actually doing anything or if it is just stuck. Should I hit cancel? What should I do? Help, please! |
04-11-2024, 05:44 PM | #2 |
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Which operating system and version?
Which version of calibre? Location of your calibre library? How many books did you have in your library (roughly)? BR |
04-11-2024, 10:23 PM | #3 |
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04-16-2024, 10:14 AM | #4 |
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Hi. I'm on a Windows computer - Windows 11 I think.
Calibre is version 7.4.0 My library is on my hard drive (is that what you were asking?) - it's in a folder My Calibre Library Not sure how many books I have but at least 5K I think. |
04-16-2024, 10:34 AM | #5 | |
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Did you follow the recovery instructions in the Link given by Kovid? |
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04-16-2024, 11:03 AM | #6 | |
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Yes, I did try the instructions in the link. When I went to library maintenance and tried "Restore database", it went to the new database that has just the one item (the quick-start guide). So that's no help. When I try to get it to go to the original library, it says the database appears to be corrupted and asks if I want calibre to try to automatically rebuild it. I said yes, and that's what got me "Restoring database from backups, do not interrupt, this will happen in multiple stages" on my screen. I stopped the restore after about 5 days of it just sitting there. Not sure what to do now. I have literally THOUSANDS of e-books and importing them all back into Calibre one by one all over again is just an impossible task. |
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04-16-2024, 11:13 AM | #7 | |
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It might be better to do this by each author folder in small batches. Last edited by ownedbycats; 04-16-2024 at 11:25 AM. |
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04-16-2024, 11:19 AM | #8 |
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5 days IIRC (I have used this 1 time in a decade) this normally does a couple of books per second
Restore starts with building a fresh metadata.db by using metadata_db_prefs_backup.json to recreate your customization/configuration. Then it recursively reads metadata.opf from each author\book folder it finds. (that is what you see normally in the grid view) I would start with a (windows) DISK CHECK and make sure the filesystem is intact. That is all I can think about it going off the deep end. |
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