Migration to new computer

pavelk · Today, 10:01 AM

Hello

I have been using Calibre for a few years now.
I am running it on a Windows 10 platform.
I am using Calibre version 8.10.0
The library with the books is located on the Microsoft Cloud OneDrive.
The metadata is located there as well.

I am moving to a new computer on Windows 11.
So basically, I think I need to install calibre on the new computer and then point it to the Microsoft OneDrive folder in which the books and the metadate are located.
Unfortunately, I did not find the corresponding instructions online.

Can someone help?

Thanks

JSWolf · Today, 10:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pavelk

Hello

I have been using Calibre for a few years now.
I am running it on a Windows 10 platform.
I am using Calibre version 8.10.0
The library with the books is located on the Microsoft Cloud OneDrive.
The metadata is located there as well.

I am moving to a new computer on Windows 11.
So basically, I think I need to install calibre on the new computer and then point it to the Microsoft OneDrive folder in which the books and the metadate are located.
Unfortunately, I did not find the corresponding instructions online.

Can someone help?

Thanks

You NEVER should allow the Onedrive app to touch your calibre library or settings. It does a two way sync that can truly screw things up. Move the library or delete the Onedrive app.

That said, get a USB stick to copy the library and your settings to and then you can use that to copy from the USB stick to your new computer. But again, DO NOT LET THE ONEDRIVE APP TOUCH YOUR LIBRARY!

Quoth · Today, 12:50 PM

Or use Calibre's built in export and import which creates multiple Zip files that can be copied.

Tarana · Today, 12:59 PM

Is there a step by step? I too have to transfer my library from one laptop to the other. Last time I did it, it didn't remember any of my settings and I had to import all of those again. I'm sure I missed a step.

DNSB · Today, 01:44 PM

As suggested you can either use the import/export tool or you can backup your libraries and calibre configuration folder if you are migrating to the same OS family (Windows => Windows, Linux => Linux). Migrating between different host OS, the export/import tool is covers issues such as case sensitivity.

The last time I helped with migrating to a different machine, we backed up the old installation's libraries and configuration folder to a USB drive, installed calibre on the new computer and then copied the configuration folder and libraries to the same locations as on the old computer. The libraries were accessible and the plugins and configuration were in place when we started calibre on the new machine.

Today, 10:01 AM	#1
pavelk Pavel Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2025 Device: Calibre	Migration to new computer Hello I have been using Calibre for a few years now. I am running it on a Windows 10 platform. I am using Calibre version 8.10.0 The library with the books is located on the Microsoft Cloud OneDrive. The metadata is located there as well. I am moving to a new computer on Windows 11. So basically, I think I need to install calibre on the new computer and then point it to the Microsoft OneDrive folder in which the books and the metadate are located. Unfortunately, I did not find the corresponding instructions online. Can someone help? Thanks

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Quoth Still reading Posts: 14,516 Karma: 108666825 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper	Or use Calibre's built in export and import which creates multiple Zip files that can be copied.

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Tarana Wizard Posts: 4,049 Karma: 38840460 Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Minneapolis Device: PWSE, Voyage, K3, HDX, KBasic 7 & 8, Nook Glo3, Echos, Nanos	Is there a step by step? I too have to transfer my library from one laptop to the other. Last time I did it, it didn't remember any of my settings and I had to import all of those again. I'm sure I missed a step.

Today, 01:44 PM	#5
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 47,343 Karma: 171313058 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	As suggested you can either use the import/export tool or you can backup your libraries and calibre configuration folder if you are migrating to the same OS family (Windows => Windows, Linux => Linux). Migrating between different host OS, the export/import tool is covers issues such as case sensitivity. The last time I helped with migrating to a different machine, we backed up the old installation's libraries and configuration folder to a USB drive, installed calibre on the new computer and then copied the configuration folder and libraries to the same locations as on the old computer. The libraries were accessible and the plugins and configuration were in place when we started calibre on the new machine.

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