Clara HD Every time it updates ....

Barbara1955 · 02-05-2023, 12:46 AM

It Wipes my E-Books??? I updated to 32 gig storage & have 10,000 ebooks!

John F · 02-05-2023, 07:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Barbara1955

It Wipes my E-Books??? I updated to 32 gig storage & have 10,000 ebooks!

Since you plan on selling it, I wouldn't worry about it.

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Originally Posted by Barbara1955

I am too old for this new mess. But with 8,000 ebooks and counting I forced to use their eReaders. My Kobo Clare is up for sale

Dr. Drib · 02-05-2023, 12:27 PM

^

Perhaps true.

However, when/if she decides to post on the Flea Market Forum, it would be wise to bring up this issue.

DNSB · 02-05-2023, 01:03 PM

I would tend to suspect that she has a database corruption issue. The easiest solution is to sign out on her Kobo which will not remove the side-loaded books and then sign back in. At that point her side-loaded books will be re-imported. Hopefully, she has been saving the reading status using the KoboUtilities plugin so the status can be restored.

Cootey · 02-06-2023, 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by DNSB

I would tend to suspect that she has a database corruption issue. The easiest solution is to sign out on her Kobo which will not remove the side-loaded books and then sign back in. At that point her side-loaded books will be re-imported. Hopefully, she has been saving the reading status using the KoboUtilities plugin so the status can be restored.

Excellent advice. I hope she takes it. Database corruptions make ANY electronic device difficult to use. From what she said, though, it seems that her books have already been deleted. Your advice should fix the db corruption, and then she can sideload the books back onto the device. If the DB corruption survives a logout, then she’ll probably have to factory reset.

Barbara1955 · 02-07-2023, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by John F

Since you plan on selling it, I wouldn't worry about it.

nice advice NOT

Barbara1955 · 02-07-2023, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

^

Perhaps true.

However, when/if she decides to post on the Flea Market Forum, it would be wise to bring up this issue.

Barbara1955 · 02-07-2023, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by DNSB

I would tend to suspect that she has a database corruption issue. The easiest solution is to sign out on her Kobo which will not remove the side-loaded books and then sign back in. At that point her side-loaded books will be re-imported. Hopefully, she has been saving the reading status using the KoboUtilities plugin so the status can be restored.

I have rebooted couple times

Is this what you mean?

OK Found the Sign Out Sing in went thru that. Zero ebooks... ALL my ebooks are DeDRM and Sideloaded

DNSB · 02-07-2023, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Barbara1955

I have rebooted couple times

Is this what you mean?

OK Found the Sign Out Sing in went thru that. Zero ebooks... ALL my ebooks are DeDRM and Sideloaded

Once you signed back in, your sideloaded books should have been found and re-imported. The only exception is if you stored them in a Kobo reserved directory which gets wiped (the kepub directory in the .kobo directory as an example.

Barbara1955 · 02-08-2023, 10:22 AM

All that they didn't come back ugh

Is there a way to stop them from disappearing in the 1st place? Adding them back is a pain! I have 3 formats per eBook so it's like 3x the total to look thru to put the correct format back on the device. Right now, I up to Cs at 500 eBook's

DNSB · 02-08-2023, 12:26 PM

Where are you placing the books on your Clara HD? In a separate directory in the root of the exposed partition? Inside on of the Kobo created directories? I have my sideloaded books stored in a directory called with great originality, eLibrary in the root of the exposed partition and have never lost one when doing a sign out/sign in.

As for placing the correct format back on the device? I store epub format only in my library and create kepub or azw3/KF8 format on the fly as/when needed.

If you have the configuration in the KoboTouch or KoboTouchExtended driver set up correctly, you should not be needing to choose formats. For me, I have the KoboTouch driver set to send epub, the KoboTouchExtended to send kepub and the KindleTouch driver set to send azw3 as the primary format with the latter two doing conversion from epub.

Calenorn · 02-08-2023, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by DNSB

Where are you placing the books on your Clara HD? In a separate directory in the root of the exposed partition? Inside on of the Kobo created directories? I have my sideloaded books stored in a directory called with great originality, eLibrary in the root of the exposed partition and have never lost one when doing a sign out/sign in.

Could be this. Sideloaded books in one of the directories updated by Kobo will certainly be wiped out when that directory is updated.

Cootey · 02-09-2023, 03:54 AM

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Originally Posted by DNSB

Where are you placing the books on your Clara HD? In a separate directory in the root of the exposed partition? Inside on of the Kobo created directories? I have my sideloaded books stored in a directory called with great originality, eLibrary in the root of the exposed partition and have never lost one when doing a sign out/sign in.

As for placing the correct format back on the device? I store epub format only in my library and create kepub or azw3/KF8 format on the fly as/when needed.

If you have the configuration in the KoboTouch or KoboTouchExtended driver set up correctly, you should not be needing to choose formats. For me, I have the KoboTouch driver set to send epub, the KoboTouchExtended to send kepub and the KindleTouch driver set to send azw3 as the primary format with the latter two doing conversion from epub.

These are great suggestions. I haven't thought to put all of my sideloaded books into their own folder to survive the logout process. I don't know why I never tried that before. Didn't Kobo used to wipe everything?

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JSWolf · 02-09-2023, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by DNSB

Where are you placing the books on your Clara HD? In a separate directory in the root of the exposed partition? Inside on of the Kobo created directories? I have my sideloaded books stored in a directory called with great originality, eLibrary in the root of the exposed partition and have never lost one when doing a sign out/sign in.

As for placing the correct format back on the device? I store epub format only in my library and create kepub or azw3/KF8 format on the fly as/when needed.

If you have the configuration in the KoboTouch or KoboTouchExtended driver set up correctly, you should not be needing to choose formats. For me, I have the KoboTouch driver set to send epub, the KoboTouchExtended to send kepub and the KindleTouch driver set to send azw3 as the primary format with the latter two doing conversion from epub.

I have a custom column that I use to decide if I want ePub or KePub. In the KoboTouchExtended driver, I have code to send ePub or KePub based on that column. It means only having to use one driver and I can choose what I want easily.

Barbara1955 · 02-09-2023, 08:41 PM

I have no clue what you are talking about. I could not petition the 32 gig to begin with! Had someone in Canada do that for me

No way I going to mess it up!

02-05-2023, 12:46 AM	#1
Barbara1955 Non-Techy Posts: 4,454 Karma: 15499273 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: WV---USA Device: Samsung Cell Phone & Amazon Fires & Kobo eReaders	Every time it updates .... It Wipes my E-Books??? I updated to 32 gig storage & have 10,000 ebooks!

02-09-2023, 08:41 PM	#15
Barbara1955 Non-Techy Posts: 4,454 Karma: 15499273 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: WV---USA Device: Samsung Cell Phone & Amazon Fires & Kobo eReaders	I have no clue what you are talking about. I could not petition the 32 gig to begin with! Had someone in Canada do that for me No way I going to mess it up! Last edited by Barbara1955; 02-09-2023 at 08:45 PM.

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02-05-2023, 12:27 PM	#3
Dr. Drib Grand Sorcerer Posts: 44,743 Karma: 55645321 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Peru Device: Kindle: Oasis 3, Voyage WiFi; Kobo: Libra 2, Aura One	^ Perhaps true. However, when/if she decides to post on the Flea Market Forum, it would be wise to bring up this issue.

02-05-2023, 01:03 PM	#4
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 35,400 Karma: 145435140 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Forma, Clara HD, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	I would tend to suspect that she has a database corruption issue. The easiest solution is to sign out on her Kobo which will not remove the side-loaded books and then sign back in. At that point her side-loaded books will be re-imported. Hopefully, she has been saving the reading status using the KoboUtilities plugin so the status can be restored.

02-08-2023, 10:22 AM	#10
Barbara1955 Non-Techy Posts: 4,454 Karma: 15499273 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: WV---USA Device: Samsung Cell Phone & Amazon Fires & Kobo eReaders	All that they didn't come back ugh Is there a way to stop them from disappearing in the 1st place? Adding them back is a pain! I have 3 formats per eBook so it's like 3x the total to look thru to put the correct format back on the device. Right now, I up to Cs at 500 eBook's

02-08-2023, 12:26 PM	#11
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 35,400 Karma: 145435140 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Forma, Clara HD, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	Where are you placing the books on your Clara HD? In a separate directory in the root of the exposed partition? Inside on of the Kobo created directories? I have my sideloaded books stored in a directory called with great originality, eLibrary in the root of the exposed partition and have never lost one when doing a sign out/sign in. As for placing the correct format back on the device? I store epub format only in my library and create kepub or azw3/KF8 format on the fly as/when needed. If you have the configuration in the KoboTouch or KoboTouchExtended driver set up correctly, you should not be needing to choose formats. For me, I have the KoboTouch driver set to send epub, the KoboTouchExtended to send kepub and the KindleTouch driver set to send azw3 as the primary format with the latter two doing conversion from epub.

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