The datafile.backup.edb might be corrupted, try copying the datafile.backup2.edb to the hidden rekordbox folder and rename it to datafile.backup.edb.
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Database gone...
Hello,
I've searched high and low for information on my predicament and despite learning a few things, haven't managed to solve it...so here goes...
- Shutdown my macbook on 7/11/18 without noticing the SDD was effectively full (typically, I had just done a lot of beatgrid and playlist work; and added new tracks; ahead of a festival gig this coming Friday night and hadn;t bothered to export playlist files nor complete a backup)
- Couldn't switch the laptop back on
- Created a disk image to boot from on another machine, so I could reformat my laptop SDD
- Have booted the image this evening thinking that I could recover everything; and when I open RB from the image the entire library, minus 17 tracks, has gone. Collection, playlists and all.
- Have found the hidden library folder on the disk image I created and can see 'datafile.backup.edb' from about the time I shut my machine down. Also the 'masterPlaylists3.xml' from the same date/time. Are these this relevant files I need?
- Does anyone have any advice on how I can recover anything/everything or ideas on what I could do? Ideally in the next 24 hours as otherwise, I'm going to have to create a new database/collection etc, which I'd rather not do!!
Thanks in advance.
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But make sure you copy all three datafile.backup files first and store them in a safe folder. If you open and close rekordbox three times they will all be overwritten with your present collection.
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