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dasphd:
When I cleared the library and reinstalled the same I only got 183 of 948 albums that I had saved. I wanted to know if there is a way to recapture all of the data that i seemed to have lost. Thanks. David

blgentry:
MC should read all of the files from the directories that you do import on.  Do you see files on disk that are not in MC's inventory?  Are they in the directory or directories that you ran import on?

It's possible that you have some files that have missing or incomplete metadata.  Find a few examples of albums that you can find on disk, but you don't see in MC.  Then, in MC's search box, type part of the file name.  See if the file or files show up then.  If they do, then it's a metadata problem.  If MC doesn't have them at all, then you probably need to import the parent directory where these files are located.

It's hard to say what's going on without more information.

Did you have a disk crash?  Or move around files?  Or move or lose an external disk?  Or rename a disk?  I'm wondering why your library became completely inaccessible in the first place.  That seems like the right place to start.

Brian.

dasphd:
I can play all the files I imported via the method you suggested. However, there are many more files in my backup files than I currently imported. I seem to remember that when I migrated from MC 21 to MC 22 I had a similar problem and am not sure what I did to obtain all of my files. When I try to restore some of these earlier libraries is when I get the message that I initially wrote about. In essence, I am trying to resurrect my old back ups so that I can have all my music again.

As to your other question I am not sure what happened. It seems that many of the old albums wound up in my trash, but I am not sure how to resurrect them.

Thanks again

David

blgentry:
I'm not sure how to reply.  I don't really have any information to help lead me to a solution for you.

If you have more information, feel free to post.  If you have questions, please ask.  Good luck.

Brian.

JimH:
Did you read the wiki topic on importing?

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