Stumped

dustyp · 04-03-2020, 03:46 PM

I made the stupid mistake of moving my calibre collection of several thousand ebooks, from the past decade to a network share and accessing it from a remote location at the same time that it was open on my computer. As a result, the database was corrupted and I cannot access it anymore. Even the 'repair database' fails, as does import from previous backup.
Is there any way that I can rebuild the database to a new one?
Deleting the metadata.db file (after moving to backup) and restarting calibre gives me the error that the database can not be found.
I've even tried opening a new folder, and adding books from the original folder, except only a third of the books were added.
There must be some way of restarting it.

theducks · 04-03-2020, 06:14 PM

Is the companion file (metadata_db_prefs_backup.json) in the new location? That is the DB Structure and setting) configuration .

Withe metadata db missing, you should be able to run the restore.
Note starting Calibre in that Library FOLDER will create an empty Library (DB),
Now run Restore from the Library icon

04-03-2020, 03:46 PM	#1
dustyp Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2012 Device: kindle	Stumped I made the stupid mistake of moving my calibre collection of several thousand ebooks, from the past decade to a network share and accessing it from a remote location at the same time that it was open on my computer. As a result, the database was corrupted and I cannot access it anymore. Even the 'repair database' fails, as does import from previous backup. Is there any way that I can rebuild the database to a new one? Deleting the metadata.db file (after moving to backup) and restarting calibre gives me the error that the database can not be found. I've even tried opening a new folder, and adding books from the original folder, except only a third of the books were added. There must be some way of restarting it.

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04-03-2020, 06:14 PM	#2
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 29,817 Karma: 54830978 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Is the companion file (metadata_db_prefs_backup.json) in the new location? That is the DB Structure and setting) configuration . Withe metadata db missing, you should be able to run the restore. Note starting Calibre in that Library FOLDER will create an empty Library (DB), Now run Restore from the Library icon

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