No file in library due to storage changes

CATZ678 · 2024-12-05T22:31:36+00:00

I accidentally found out that I was storing information in the system drive so I tried to copy my information to another drive, however, it is a wrong approach.

Yet, when I tried to direct the data directory location to the new storage folder, the library remains empty. The cache folder is empty too. This is quite unfortunate since I did not store them in sync.
There are sqlite and bak files in my computer and all the pdfs and webpages are stored in storage folder. But I was not able to let zotero recognize them. I turned off pulgins too.

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dstillman · 2024-12-06T02:54:15+00:00

See Locating Missing Zotero Data for what to look for and what info we'd need to help.

CATZ678 · 2024-12-06T03:08:24+00:00

Thanks.

The SQLite document is around 1,000KB and I believe it is empty, but the my zotero.sqlite.bak document is about 19,132KB.
I have tried renaming the SQLite document as sqlite.old, but confused about how to use the .bak document.

Should I change the .bak document to .sql by SQL studio? However, it was not able to restore the .bak data to .SQLite.

dstillman · 2024-12-06T04:39:31+00:00

Zotero reads the file named zotero.sqlite when it starts up. If you want it to use the 19 MB file, it needs to be named zotero.sqlite.

CATZ678 · 2024-12-06T06:34:04+00:00

Nothing happened, unfortunately. But thank you for your support!

dstillman · 2024-12-06T06:36:02+00:00

I'm not sure what you mean by that. If you place a 19 MB zotero.sqlite file in the correct location, Zotero will read it when it starts up and you'll see your data.