Recovery with only partial music files?

[fe2o3yyc]

Computer bricked however MM db was backed up and music files (40,000+) were backed up to an encrypted cloud. The recovery of these music files may literally take months. My question is were I to install the MM5 backup, would I lose all of the playlists and other info for the files that have yet to be recovered? Guessing so. As with others, there are years of playlist tweaking, art anthropology, ratings, and of course the played (and not played) records for those files that are worth an emotional fortune to me. The thought of no MM for months is also very disturbing.

I've thought of not installing the db backup and using a new db until I get all of the music files back (and then installing the backup db). But then unless there is a way to merge the backed up and new databases, I'd lose the new info.

Any suggestions? And yes, I'll be changing my backup strategy.

[Lowlander]

If you use backed up database all the metadata/playlists will be there, even if the files aren't. Just make sure you don't delete any files from the database as this will remove them from any Playlists they're on as well.

[fe2o3yyc]

Awesome. Great news and thanks for the quick reply!

[CrashMonkey]

Might not need to say this. Ofcourse don't go work in your backup database directly. Make a copy of it and start using that. So in anycase you make a mistake in that database you still have a backup left.

[fe2o3yyc]

Did that - but not consciously so all good!