Copying Ebooks to External Hard Drive

TomMMD · 10-07-2007, 11:36 AM

My wife is getting quite a collecion of Sony ebooks.

We would like to move many of them to an external hard drive (My Book) but when I copy them over they have unintelligble names on the files so it's impossible to tell what is what.

I've tried moving them over using the econnect software but it won't let me move them to the F: drive.

Any thoughts?

JSWolf · 10-07-2007, 11:38 AM

Easy solution. Just rename them, but keep the file extensions the same. Delete them out of the library (in Connect). Then you can add them back to the library once you have then moved and sorted how you want. Windows Explorer is good for the moving and renaming.

igorsk · 10-08-2007, 08:54 AM

Use the File Info button ("i") in Connect software to see what filename corresponds to each book.

TomMMD · 10-13-2007, 12:12 PM

Well, we tried what you said and it seems to be working. It's a pretty laborious process, though.

kovidgoyal · 10-13-2007, 02:16 PM

Stop using connect and switch to libprs500, it will save your files wherever you want automatically put into folders sorted by author and title.

RWood · 10-13-2007, 04:21 PM

The problem he is having is with the DRM type of BBeB file, the dreaded LRX.

kovidgoyal · 10-13-2007, 04:27 PM

libprs500 should work with LRX as well as far as copying to the reader and saving to the hard disk are concerned.

andyafro · 10-15-2007, 06:49 AM

Be cafeful with external hardrives, mine recently collapsed & i hadn't backed it up, so always have a back up some where just in case because its devastating to lose you hd library after you have built it up.
I Had been editing it out for a few weeks putting everything into order when it just stopped, it would register as a extra hard drive on my pc but i could not enter it at all my pc would just freeze my girlfriend informed me she dropped it but it worked for a week after she did this so i not sure if it was her dropping it or the massive edit i did over the last few weeks on it ( i did not defrag it after i had edited over 40,000 files i think thats what did it) anyway having it build it up again, haven't even thought about the books i have purchased can i get them back? most are from connect and fictionwise.

Was it my girl dropping it that killed it ?(it worked for a week after)
or was it the editing that done it (remove the author name and series name and make a folder for each ect)

did it need defragging? i noticed when i ran a recovery program i got almost 130 gig back from a 60 gig hd all the original files were there before i had editied them?

how do you get rid of these edited ghosts?

does anyone know is taking ages to get it back into order, don't want it to happen again

HarryT · 10-16-2007, 02:53 AM

eBooks are pretty small, so it's generally not a problem to backup to DVD. I have some 15,000 eBooks on an external hard drive, but they only occupy about 11GB and can be backed up to 3 DVDs.

10-07-2007, 11:36 AM	#1
TomMMD Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 50 Join Date: May 2007 Device: Sony Ereader	Copying Ebooks to External Hard Drive My wife is getting quite a collecion of Sony ebooks. We would like to move many of them to an external hard drive (My Book) but when I copy them over they have unintelligble names on the files so it's impossible to tell what is what. I've tried moving them over using the econnect software but it won't let me move them to the F: drive. Any thoughts?

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10-07-2007, 11:38 AM	#2
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 73,894 Karma: 128597114 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Easy solution. Just rename them, but keep the file extensions the same. Delete them out of the library (in Connect). Then you can add them back to the library once you have then moved and sorted how you want. Windows Explorer is good for the moving and renaming.

10-08-2007, 08:54 AM	#3
igorsk Wizard Posts: 3,442 Karma: 300001 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Belgium Device: PRS-500/505/700, Kindle, Cybook Gen3, Words Gear	Use the File Info button ("i") in Connect software to see what filename corresponds to each book.

10-13-2007, 12:12 PM	#4
TomMMD Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 50 Join Date: May 2007 Device: Sony Ereader	Well, we tried what you said and it seems to be working. It's a pretty laborious process, though.

10-13-2007, 02:16 PM	#5
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,843 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Stop using connect and switch to libprs500, it will save your files wherever you want automatically put into folders sorted by author and title.

10-13-2007, 04:21 PM	#6
RWood Technogeezer Posts: 7,233 Karma: 1601464 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virginia, USA Device: Sony PRS-500	The problem he is having is with the DRM type of BBeB file, the dreaded LRX.

10-13-2007, 04:27 PM	#7
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,843 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	libprs500 should work with LRX as well as far as copying to the reader and saving to the hard disk are concerned.

10-15-2007, 06:49 AM	#8
andyafro Connoisseur Posts: 98 Karma: 140 Join Date: Jun 2007 Device: sony reader prs-500	Be cafeful with external hardrives, mine recently collapsed & i hadn't backed it up, so always have a back up some where just in case because its devastating to lose you hd library after you have built it up. I Had been editing it out for a few weeks putting everything into order when it just stopped, it would register as a extra hard drive on my pc but i could not enter it at all my pc would just freeze my girlfriend informed me she dropped it but it worked for a week after she did this so i not sure if it was her dropping it or the massive edit i did over the last few weeks on it ( i did not defrag it after i had edited over 40,000 files i think thats what did it) anyway having it build it up again, haven't even thought about the books i have purchased can i get them back? most are from connect and fictionwise. Was it my girl dropping it that killed it ?(it worked for a week after) or was it the editing that done it (remove the author name and series name and make a folder for each ect) did it need defragging? i noticed when i ran a recovery program i got almost 130 gig back from a 60 gig hd all the original files were there before i had editied them? how do you get rid of these edited ghosts? does anyone know is taking ages to get it back into order, don't want it to happen again

10-16-2007, 02:53 AM	#9
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	eBooks are pretty small, so it's generally not a problem to backup to DVD. I have some 15,000 eBooks on an external hard drive, but they only occupy about 11GB and can be backed up to 3 DVDs.

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