Merging KMA Files from Backup DVD

[dguillot]

I backed up (copied files to DVD) the songs that I imported from my CDG's. To verify that it worked, I copied the files from the DVD to the 'song directory' on a second computer (with Hoster 3.303 installed). The second computer had 37 songs imported from CDG's. I copied 16 from the DVD into the 'song directory'. I used the Tools/Merge KMA Files, and sure enough, it found 16 new titles and reported that it added them to the database. I opened Hoster, but it still only listed the 37 original songs. I inspected the 'songs.mdb' file and it only had 37 titles in it (the original, none of the copied files). I deleted th edatabase (after saving a copy elsewhere), let it recreate the database after pointing to the directory with all the songs (53 of them, with correct file sizes), and again, only the original 37 showed up. I verified the database table had only 37 entries, although the counter in build routine message box showed 53 (gotta be quick to see it). So I blew the database away again. Copied the database file from the first computer (that the DVDs were made from) to replace the database on the second computer. BTW, the 37 song db was 70K, the db from the second compter was 1.5M. Opened Hoster and still only the original 37 showed up. I rebooted the computer several times through all of these tries, just in case it needed to reload something from the registry. This made no difference. What I can't figure out is, why does it keep coming up with only the original imported 37 songs (after using the merge routine on the 1.5M db file it was back to 70K). I searched the registry to see if there was a link to an old file, but couldn't locate one. Wahat am I missing? I have RTFM'd until I'm cross-eyed as well as the help forum. I don't seem to be able to what I need to solve this problem. I am using W2K+SP4. I believe I've documented the problem completely enough to aid in getting a resolution. If there is more info needed, please ask.
Thanks in advance, Doug