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| Registered: June 8, 2008 | | Posts: 3 |
| | Posted: | | | | My computer is getting old and i will hopefully replacing it soon.Until then supposing the old one crashes and i have to fully recover the hard-drive.Will my dvd collection be stored anywhere on the invelos database?How would i go about re-loading the software so i can continue using it?
Many thanks
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  | Berak | | Bibamus morieundum est! |
| Registered: May 10, 2007 |  Posts: 1,059 |
| | Posted: | | | | You can make a backup file of your collection and store it on an external hardrive/memory stick. You can also download your collection from Invelos (if you have uploaded it in the first place...  ) | | | Berak
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| Registered: July 31, 2008 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 2,506 |
| | Posted: | | | | You can just re-download the software from invelos.com. Your registration info is stored in your account so you can get that back too. For your local database, you need to back it up which can be done from the File Menu.
Edit or of course you can upload it as Berak said. | | | | Last edited: by Ardos |
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| Registered: April 4, 2007 |  Posts: 141 |
| | Posted: | | | | Except an upload doesn't keep all the information that you might have in your collection, like prices you paid, where from, who you might have (horror) lent movies to |
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| Registered: July 31, 2008 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,506 |
| | Posted: | | | | True, you'd be missing any personalised info but the main bulk will be available. It's better than having to re-enter everything.
Backing up the database is the best way but if you can't for whatever reason then an upload is the next best thing. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | | | | ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!!
CBE, MBE, MoA and proud of it.
Outta here
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| Registered: June 3, 2007 | | Posts: 333 |
| | Posted: | | | | If you can't back up to a memory stick or CD another good option (if you have more than one hard drive) is to store the backup on a different physical (not logical) drive. Most computer catastrophes won't take out 2 drives. It's not fool-proof, but if you're forced to back up to harddrive it minimizes the risk. |
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| Registered: June 8, 2008 | | Posts: 3 |
| | Posted: | | | | Thaks chaps,i've backed up to an external drive with my reg key etc........hey this forum's quite good. |
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 5,917 |
| | Posted: | | | | Flash (USB) drives are very cheap now, you can pick up 2GB for $30. Less if you don't care about transfer speeds. Then there's external USB hard drives which you can back up your entire system on - that option may be a good idea if you're concerned about your computer going to the big Bit Bucket in the sky. |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 |  Posts: 630 |
| | Posted: | | | | Just remember when you get your new stable computer... keep doing backups. There is NO such thing as a hard disk that can't die (not to mention, no such thing as a computer user that can't make a mistake). | | | Regards
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| Registered: June 21, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 2,621 |
| | Posted: | | | | I got mine back by taking my old HD out of my old dead computer, getting a HD housing thing for it, then plugging into my new computer. This is just the hard way of doing it on flashdrive, but I had other stuff to rescue as well.  |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 5,491 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting bigdaddyhorse: Quote:
I got mine back by taking my old HD out of my old dead computer, getting a HD housing thing for it, then plugging into my new computer. This is just the hard way of doing it on flashdrive, but I had other stuff to rescue as well. Gotta be careful though as some of the new motherboards are coming with 'sata' instead of IDE cables, if you do get sata be sure the new MB also has an input for IDE.., If that fails, use the same IDE off the CD or DVD rom drives and temporarily transfer there.. | | | In the 60's, People took Acid to make the world Weird. Now the World is weird and People take Prozac to make it Normal.
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| Registered: August 3, 2008 | | Posts: 62 |
| | Posted: | | | | You can also get sata to ide adaptors if you get stuck with the new PC. But most new pc's still come with at least one IDE slot (CD/DVD Drive), so just unplug the drive and swap it for the HD drive. Just remeber to change is to a slave drive. ALSO, if your computer crashes and you are not changing, just re-booting, you can still get ALL your information back, even if you format!! I did it for a friend. I used a programme called 'Recover my Files' and it recovered EVERY THING. Including all the porn her DAD had been downloading and thought he had deleted!  | | | | Is it me? Or is Wilma Flintstone the most desirable women in the world? |
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| Registered: June 9, 2007 | | Posts: 1,208 |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,491 |
| | Posted: | | | | | | | In the 60's, People took Acid to make the world Weird. Now the World is weird and People take Prozac to make it Normal.
Terry |
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| Registered: June 21, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,621 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting widescreenforever: Quote:
Quoting bigdaddyhorse:
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I got mine back by taking my old HD out of my old dead computer, getting a HD housing thing for it, then plugging into my new computer. This is just the hard way of doing it on flashdrive, but I had other stuff to rescue as well.
Gotta be careful though as some of the new motherboards are coming with 'sata' instead of IDE cables, if you do get sata be sure the new MB also has an input for IDE.., If that fails, use the same IDE off the CD or DVD rom drives and temporarily transfer there.. I may've put this wrong. What I did was basicly turn my old HD into an external by putting it in a "Hard Drive Enclosure", then I could just access any files left on it by plugging it in via USB. I haven't tried using it for storing anything else, I got the enclosure only to rescue some files and url's I had saved but couldn't find any other way. |
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