need to recover files - can it be done

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sbfh Send message Joined: 20 May 02 Posts: 4 Credit: 35,353 RAC: 0	Message 260369 - Posted: 11 Mar 2006, 2:00:26 UTC We moved a hard drive. I still have access to it but it is no longer the master drive. There were several wu's for 3 projects. I have installed BOINC on the new master and attached to the projects. Can I get it to finish the old wu's or do I just bail on them and start fresh with new ones? ID: 260369 ·

Lee Carre Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 21 Apr 00 Posts: 1459 Credit: 58,485 RAC: 0	Message 260377 - Posted: 11 Mar 2006, 2:08:32 UTC - in response to Message 260369. Last modified: 11 Mar 2006, 2:09:41 UTC We moved a hard drive. I still have access to it but it is no longer the master drive. There were several wu's for 3 projects. I have installed BOINC on the new master and attached to the projects. Can I get it to finish the old wu's or do I just bail on them and start fresh with new ones? you could finish your current work, uninstall boinc from the new system drive, and install it on the secondary drive, let it finish the work it had there (with the "no new work" setting of course) uninstall from the secondary drive and reinstall on the system drive i think that would solve your problem from my understanding of it Want to search the BOINC Wiki, BOINCstats, or various BOINC forums from within firefox? Try the BOINC related Firefox Search Engines ID: 260377 ·

sbfh Send message Joined: 20 May 02 Posts: 4 Credit: 35,353 RAC: 0	Message 260398 - Posted: 11 Mar 2006, 2:29:07 UTC - in response to Message 260377. We moved a hard drive. I still have access to it but it is no longer the master drive. There were several wu's for 3 projects. I have installed BOINC on the new master and attached to the projects. Can I get it to finish the old wu's or do I just bail on them and start fresh with new ones? you could finish your current work, uninstall boinc from the new system drive, and install it on the secondary drive, let it finish the work it had there (with the "no new work" setting of course) uninstall from the secondary drive and reinstall on the system drive i think that would solve your problem from my understanding of it It's worth a shot. I'll try it. Thanks ID: 260398 ·

Jim-R. Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 7 Feb 06 Posts: 1494 Credit: 194,148 RAC: 0	Message 260424 - Posted: 11 Mar 2006, 3:27:58 UTC - in response to Message 260377. We moved a hard drive. I still have access to it but it is no longer the master drive. There were several wu's for 3 projects. I have installed BOINC on the new master and attached to the projects. Can I get it to finish the old wu's or do I just bail on them and start fresh with new ones? you could finish your current work, uninstall boinc from the new system drive, and install it on the secondary drive, let it finish the work it had there (with the "no new work" setting of course) uninstall from the secondary drive and reinstall on the system drive i think that would solve your problem from my understanding of it Might want to check on that first. Al, aka Pappa just copied boinc to another directory and ran it from there and he ended up with a new computer he has listed here and can't merge them! Jim Some people plan their life out and look back at the wealth they've had. Others live life day by day and look back at the wealth of experiences and enjoyment they've had. ID: 260424 ·

MattDavis Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 11 Nov 99 Posts: 919 Credit: 934,161 RAC: 0	Message 260445 - Posted: 11 Mar 2006, 3:52:10 UTC If it's just a few work units then forget about it and move on -_- ----- ID: 260445 ·

mikey Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 17 Dec 99 Posts: 4215 Credit: 3,474,603 RAC: 0	Message 261137 - Posted: 12 Mar 2006, 17:17:51 UTC - in response to Message 260369. We moved a hard drive. I still have access to it but it is no longer the master drive. There were several wu's for 3 projects. I have installed BOINC on the new master and attached to the projects. Can I get it to finish the old wu's or do I just bail on them and start fresh with new ones? Just bail and start fresh. The only thing you lost is the actual unit you were working on anyway. And any way you go that is not recoverable. ID: 261137 ·

1mp0Â£173 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 8423 Credit: 356,897 RAC: 0	Message 261140 - Posted: 12 Mar 2006, 17:22:46 UTC - in response to Message 260369. We moved a hard drive. I still have access to it but it is no longer the master drive. There were several wu's for 3 projects. I have installed BOINC on the new master and attached to the projects. Can I get it to finish the old wu's or do I just bail on them and start fresh with new ones? In the past, I've installed BOINC and then copied the entire BOINC directory from the "old" place right over the new BOINC directory. Of course, if the "new" BOINC has work, you'll lose the new work, so it's a judgement call. ID: 261140 ·

Geek@Play Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 31 Jul 01 Posts: 2467 Credit: 86,146,931 RAC: 0	Message 261142 - Posted: 12 Mar 2006, 17:28:22 UTC The best way is to install Boinc on the new computer but do not let it attache to any projects, cancel that portion of the install. Stop Boinc. Delete the new Boinc directory. Copy over the old Boinc directory from it's hard drive. Start boinc and now your running Boinc just where you left off. Boinc....Boinc....Boinc....Boinc.... ID: 261142 ·

Keck_Komputers Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 4 Jul 99 Posts: 1575 Credit: 4,152,111 RAC: 1	Message 261370 - Posted: 13 Mar 2006, 4:54:38 UTC - in response to Message 261142. The best way is to install Boinc on the new computer but do not let it attache to any projects, cancel that portion of the install. Stop Boinc. Delete the new Boinc directory. Copy over the old Boinc directory from it's hard drive. Start boinc and now your running Boinc just where you left off. If you do this in the reverse order it should work fine with no need to try to stop BOINC from starting. Copy the old folder to the new location and then install BOINC to the new folder. BOINC WIKI BOINCing since 2002/12/8 ID: 261370 ·

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