How to backup whole BOINC application + projects?

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Steffen Grundmann

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Message 5975 - Posted: 11 Oct 2006, 19:32:02 UTC

Hello,

had a serious problem with a software. Windows XP hangs up periodically, not a system to boinc ;)

So I want to fromat my harddrive, reinstall windows XP, but I also dont wanna loose all the current workunits of my 5 running projects.

Will it be enough to copy the whole BOINC-folder on a CD, or must I do more?

Thx for your help, Boincers!

Greetings, Steffen
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MikeMarsUK

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Message 5978 - Posted: 11 Oct 2006, 21:01:45 UTC

That's all that's required, but a couple of things to watch out for:

* Shut down the boinc manager before taking the backup, and confirm using task manager that it has actually shut down.

* When restoring the files back from CD, you'll need to set the file attributes back to read/write before restarting Boinc
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Steffen Grundmann

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Message 5980 - Posted: 11 Oct 2006, 22:09:55 UTC - in response to Message 5978.  

That's all that's required, but a couple of things to watch out for:

* Shut down the boinc manager before taking the backup, and confirm using task manager that it has actually shut down.

* When restoring the files back from CD, you'll need to set the file attributes back to read/write before restarting Boinc


Thank you, thats a great answer, I guess I would have forgotten to set the file attr. or to confirm all boinc processes are shut down.

Thx again!
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