08-17-2012, 10:22 AM | #1 |
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Copy calibre and files before hard disc change
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My hard drive is about to fail on my lap top. I have over 5000 books of which I have changed authors names the right way around, changed tags,pasted missing summaries from the net and if the book is in a series have painstakingly numbered them in the correct series. ( About 500 titles ) I have all the books backed up. How do I back up calibre and all series info to then put onto a new hard drive. |
08-17-2012, 10:25 AM | #2 |
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08-24-2012, 10:33 AM | #3 |
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Thanks. I will give it a go.
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08-25-2012, 01:53 PM | #4 |
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You can also copy your library to Dropbox. Makes it easy when you get a new computer.
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08-25-2012, 06:21 PM | #5 |
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Just make sure you don't bury it too deeply. There is a filepath length limit with Calibre. I wish I could remember how many (125 characters, MAYBE?), but I know I had to move my folders because I'd buried my Dropbox folder too deeply in MyDocuments, and a Calibre upgrade made the library unreadable from that location.
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If you're using Vista or Windows 7 you could create a Symbolic Link to DropBox folder higher up the tree and then point Calibre at the Symbolic Link http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windo...windows-vista/ If your using XP-SP2/3 you could create a Junction to the DropBox folder higher up the tree and then point Calibre at the Junction http://daniele.livejournal.com/66210.html Junctions on pre Service Pack 2 XP are tricky regarding deletions. IMO on Vista, W7 and W8 Junctions are best avoided. They're a poor mans symlink, and will probably be deprecated to device mounts points only, maybe in W9 if they haven't done it in W8. BR |
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