Hello!

elmer2flp · 03-08-2022, 12:03 AM

I am a newbie with an old Kindle Touch. I am wondering if there is any way to make an image or backup of my entire Kindle Touch, in case it crashes and I have to migrate to contents to another Kindle Touch

Sirtel · 03-08-2022, 12:12 AM

Hello and welcome to MobileRead!

Are the books on your Kindle downloaded from Amazon or sideloaded? If they're Amazon books, they already are backed up on your Kindle account and you can download them to your next Kindle directly from Amazon. If they're sideloaded, do you have the originals on your computer or on an external drive somewhere?

elmer2flp · 03-08-2022, 02:06 AM

The books are both from Amazon and sideloaded, so I have a copy of everything. I just would rather not restore them tediously, one by one

I'm looking for a more fundamental backup, like a clone or image of everything on the entire device, if this is possible.

An example would be the entire backup of my PC which I can do with Acronis (wonderful software!), so I can restore the entire contents of my old PC hard drive in one simple operation onto a new PC hard drive, in case the old one fails.

Another example is the image (backup) I can make of my entire Android phone using Android SDK, so I can restore the entire contents of the old phone onto a new phone if the old one fails (or falls into water).

CRussel · 03-08-2022, 08:33 PM

Calibre. It's free (though donations are accepted and welcome), and will help you manage your library going forward. Calibre is fully supported here on MobileRead and is regularly updated.

03-08-2022, 12:03 AM	#1
elmer2flp Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2015 Device: Kindle	Hello! I am a newbie with an old Kindle Touch. I am wondering if there is any way to make an image or backup of my entire Kindle Touch, in case it crashes and I have to migrate to contents to another Kindle Touch

03-08-2022, 02:06 AM	#3
elmer2flp Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2015 Device: Kindle	Backup The books are both from Amazon and sideloaded, so I have a copy of everything. I just would rather not restore them tediously, one by one I'm looking for a more fundamental backup, like a clone or image of everything on the entire device, if this is possible. An example would be the entire backup of my PC which I can do with Acronis (wonderful software!), so I can restore the entire contents of my old PC hard drive in one simple operation onto a new PC hard drive, in case the old one fails. Another example is the image (backup) I can make of my entire Android phone using Android SDK, so I can restore the entire contents of the old phone onto a new phone if the old one fails (or falls into water).

03-08-2022, 12:12 AM	#2
Sirtel Grand Sorcerer Posts: 10,133 Karma: 224760044 Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Estonia Device: Kobo Sage & Libra 2	Hello and welcome to MobileRead! Are the books on your Kindle downloaded from Amazon or sideloaded? If they're Amazon books, they already are backed up on your Kindle account and you can download them to your next Kindle directly from Amazon. If they're sideloaded, do you have the originals on your computer or on an external drive somewhere?

03-08-2022, 08:33 PM	#4
CRussel (he/him/his) Posts: 12,160 Karma: 79742714 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sunshine Coast, BC Device: Oasis (Gen3),Paperwhite (Gen10), Voyage, Paperwhite(orig), Fire HD 8	Calibre. It's free (though donations are accepted and welcome), and will help you manage your library going forward. Calibre is fully supported here on MobileRead and is regularly updated.

Advert