Database Location

The MediaMonkey database file (mm.db) are stored as described at: http://www.mediamonkey.com/support/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/16

Backup

To backup the library, you should back up the database file whenever you backup other files on your system to ensure that hard disc failure will not result in any data loss.

If you need to recover the Library from backup, you can recover your database as follows:

1. Install a copy of MediaMonkey to the new hard drive or PC. Don't start MediaMonkey after installation completes.
2. When MediaMonkey isn't running, copy your backup database to the default database location.
3. Start MediaMonkey
4. At this point, your database will be recovered, however, if the music has been moved to a different drive or location, or Windows has been reinstalled, it will all be greyed out. To correct this, see: http://www.mediamonkey.com/support/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/92

Options

• There is a Third Party Addon that can help automate this: https://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=7746
• Alternatively you can move the MediaMonkey database to a location that's being backed up by your backup software: https://www.mediamonkey.com/support/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/45/0/changing-the-default-database-location
• To move MediaMonkey to a new PC please see: https://www.mediamonkey.com/wiki/index.php/Moving_MM_to_a_new_computer
• If you need to recover a corrupted database, but don't have a backup the following Third Party Addon may be able to copy from the old database file to a new (depending on the corruption): https://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=42085

Note that these instructions are for backing up the MediaMonkey Database file. This does not include your actual media files. For that we recommend any regular backup software.