Upgrade StorageComputer crashed while trying to create a custom data directory
Hello,
I created a custom data directory in Zotero Standalone. Having closed the program, I began copying my Zotero data to the new directory, which is backed up regularly to the cloud. My Zotero library is large (1.8GB approx) and my computer crashed after a few minutes. Windows Explorer would not respond, so I did a hard reset. The data were only partially copied to the new custom data directory, and I cannot find the original default folder for Zotero.
I am aware that I shouldn't open Zotero Standalone as the backup was incomplete. I have disconnected my laptop from the internet so that an incomplete backup does not sync to the web.
Please could you let me know where I can find the default data directory so that I can attempt to copy the files to the new custom folder?
Thank you.
I created a custom data directory in Zotero Standalone. Having closed the program, I began copying my Zotero data to the new directory, which is backed up regularly to the cloud. My Zotero library is large (1.8GB approx) and my computer crashed after a few minutes. Windows Explorer would not respond, so I did a hard reset. The data were only partially copied to the new custom data directory, and I cannot find the original default folder for Zotero.
I am aware that I shouldn't open Zotero Standalone as the backup was incomplete. I have disconnected my laptop from the internet so that an incomplete backup does not sync to the web.
Please could you let me know where I can find the default data directory so that I can attempt to copy the files to the new custom folder?
Thank you.
https://www.zotero.org/support/zotero_data#default_locations
I actually wouldn't be terribly concerned about just opening Zotero Standalone - the database itself is a single file, so either that copied or it didn't. You can't sync an incomplete copy (and files missing locally wouldn't get deleted on the server. In fact, nothing you don't specifically delete in Zotero itself gets deleted on the server).
The backup appeared to work on the second attempt. I checked that all files and folders appeared in the destination folder. Then I opened Zotero Standalone, and my 2152 references are nowhere to be seen. There is only the Zotero Quick Start Guide. I am still disconnected from the Internet so that the empty library does not sync to the web. How can i retrieve my data?
Thank you for your time.
It may be pointed somewhere else entirely, or one level of hierarchy too high or too low.