Hello,
A crash of the harddisk where I keep my music files created big trouble, apparently. Steps to get things back are not completely successful. And I absolutely have no clue how to continue. I hope you can be patient enough to read my step-by-step description and be of any help.
For a good understanding first this:
• My library contains around 127.000 tracks
• The .mbl file is stored on my internal D drive, not affected.
• The music files are stored on my X drive - was completely unaccessable after the crash
• A backup of ALL music files had been made on my Z drive - the files are identical because I backed them up just before the crash of X.
This is what I did after I detected the crash:
1. I used chckdsk /f x: to repair drive X. Errors were found and successfully repaired.
2. I restarted MusicBee with the default .mbl library. The 127.000 track names were found - but all had an ! in front of them: the music files on drive X were not found at all.
3. I rescanned drive X for all folders containing the usual music files.
4. MB rescanned all and found around 121.000 files - so 6.000 seemed to be missing. I randomly searched for some volumes/cd's but could not come across any missing track. Not clear which 6000 were missing.
5. I copied the MB.mbl file with 121.000 tracks and renamed that copy to MB121000.mbl.
6. I used my sync software syncbackfree to sync all the music on my backup-Z drive to my repaired-X drive. Syncback reported that just 3 files could not be copied.
7. After this syncing the repaired X-drive still missed 6000 files, but after I did a rescan of the library, it SEEMED to find all or most of them.
8. But the scann error log said there were MANY MANY MANY errors found - and these files can NOT be found in the updated .mbl library. But when I search them manually they DO exist on the repaired-X drive and they CAN be played.
9. So the question is: what is wrong with all these files?
10. Is seems that all of them have an error message with one of the two following formats - which I both absolutely do not understand at all:
ERROR MESSAGE TYPE 1:
26.07.2016 23:38:08 - 6.1.7601.65536 - 3.0.5995.40050 - System.Exception: 1 to X:\MB\! MUSIC\Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)\Mahler Symphony 3 ©\3.02 Symphony no. 3 in D Minor - 2.1. Tempo di menuetto, Sehr mässig.mp3 'Could not find file 'X:\MB\! MUSIC\Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)\Mahler Symphony 3 ©\3.02 Symphony no. 3 in D Minor - 2.1. Tempo di menuetto, Sehr mässig.mp3'.' ---> System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not find file 'X:\MB\! MUSIC\Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)\Mahler Symphony 3 ©\3.02 Symphony no. 3 in D Minor - 2.1. Tempo di menuetto, Sehr mässig.mp3'.
at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
at System.IO.File.InternalMove(String sourceFileName, String destFileName, Boolean checkHost)
at #=q6MSefUwjpcw5OY_mCZIyD2MJcIW$OnWm9lngf6n719w=.#=qttVheUb1REBTui41cjeFBQ==(#=qLFvJSglTftxhrRhQbsqwJg== #=q5KH_QJ2RvdwTCzOAjvb1VQ==, #=qLFvJSglTftxhrRhQbsqwJg== #=qaBcUegP6SM5QMuT04kfr7Q==)
at #=q6MSefUwjpcw5OY_mCZIyD2MJcIW$OnWm9lngf6n719w=.#=qbvgaYH0g6o8yf0_CPOzf2g==(#=qjkoo7espNQSII9GPN07YMDvwiXdtSiRR0ciFEI$_3f8= #=qsicMEKI4Xeek9uW$EHs9Qw==, #=qLFvJSglTftxhrRhQbsqwJg== #=qEAEJkKfQk$xelOK0yacE9g==)
at MusicBee.Media.StorageManager.#=q_FP1dOjRUKDxeKvfANLEBA==(#=qjkoo7espNQSII9GPN07YMDvwiXdtSiRR0ciFEI$_3f8= #=q4UUnETkLhmVkoaBNlz$fYQ==, #=qLFvJSglTftxhrRhQbsqwJg== #=qpi2Vt_0HdThZ2q3RGNFouQ==)
at #=qFgUdwVaaxU4Tm2mK7AbpT1xjr1TnwDob89lhpeZ3Bk8=.#=qMfsIozGm39qGxUCD_4_76g==(#=qjkoo7espNQSII9GPN07YMDvwiXdtSiRR0ciFEI$_3f8= #=qlGkh2iqzIdphHirouHjOiA==, #=qLFvJSglTftxhrRhQbsqwJg== #=qzGUcJoVPvj$46WaCWkaKMA==, List`1 #=qYej9UR33w2RhXE7TlbCjlw==, #=q7Be8Rg9srZg_kDJGytrQY$LmBhBJjDQCfar01CPyAcQ= #=q5CpNHe2WZx4fbC97C_X7ng==, #=qLFvJSglTftxhrRhQbsqwJg== #=qsYOfuJhMTWnVg04ogizN8hjJr6OIrIUlCDIpgVH0yyE=)
at #=qFgUdwVaaxU4Tm2mK7AbpT1xjr1TnwDob89lhpeZ3Bk8=.#=qphwHGLpchPua51AK_XaRpA==(#=q7Be8Rg9srZg_kDJGytrQY$LmBhBJjDQCfar01CPyAcQ= #=qw9qC3aPzKR2IRyy3zlnzvQ==, #=qjkoo7espNQSII9GPN07YMDvwiXdtSiRR0ciFEI$_3f8= #=qpbinyA0ZFLywHv4AxuiuKA==, Boolean #=qvwb_GniCzj1rOh6ovwQG6w==, #=qLFvJSglTftxhrRhQbsqwJg== #=qTvqdRSCK_C9EXVKF3jD$52WPSTcIdz2odOIoS0UYkT8=)
at #=qN4wF6qXXs3K$LKnkWmCCzxrIIW7laJKtBVyrsLeYaKq$LvRC4y93wsEaG3dljdV8.#=qjsTlNpEoY5V0Tm$ec1b79vwWMmr6HaA26g7HjDgZnu4=(IList`1 #=qZG1c8oX2hyx6xwtotGc2mg==, Boolean #=q24$KGeXQnx2M9eTY_JCQWg==, Boolean #=qH0esQpWxkeX59URsJh0YJNt$W4_vUgDkf_Cg8kkYbAE=)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
ERROR MESSAGE TYPE 2:
26.07.2016 23:39:15 - Unable to scan: X:\MB\! MUSIC\Paul Mauriat; James Last\Grand Collection - Russian album\03 Ochi Chernye.mp3 - System.Exception:1 to X:\MB\! MUSIC\Paul Mauriat; James Last\Grand Collection - Russian album\03 Ochi Chernye = Dark Eyes.mp3 'Could not find file 'X:\MB\! MUSIC\Paul Mauriat; James Last\Grand Collection - Russian album\03 Ochi Chernye.mp3'.'
The good news seems to be that, thanks to my autobackup last night I still have ALL my music files safely copied on my Z-drive.
But the burning question is: how do I get them back on my repaired-X drive in such a way that MB can read/scan/play them.
Sorry for being detailed. I tried to give you insight in what I did - which already was a lot...
Now my skills end. Anyone else?
Thanks!
Wim