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Migrate BOINC to new disk, mid-work-unit?

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Message 24051 - Posted: 20 Aug 2006, 4:05:42 UTC

Could someone point me to a procedure to migrate BOINC to a new disk, without starting over on my current work unit?

Running BOINC/CPDN as a service on Windows XP. I need to free up disk space on the C: drive, and would like to make use of extra space on new disk drive. But CPDN work units are looooong, and I dont want to lose work completed to date. Any suggestions?

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Message 24052 - Posted: 20 Aug 2006, 5:06:21 UTC

Suspend /Exit in usual way.
Uninstall BOINC.
Move (or Copy, until you know it\'s safe), the BOINC folder to the new location.
Re-install BOINC.

This should take care of anything in the registry.
There have been reports of problems with the big 10 year uploads after a move, but I\'m fairly sure that that\'s because BOINC was also moved, instead of being re-installed.
This is one of those times when backups become important.

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Message 24056 - Posted: 22 Aug 2006, 4:02:39 UTC - in response to Message 24052.  

Thank you, Les!!




Suspend /Exit in usual way.
Uninstall BOINC.
Move (or Copy, until you know it\'s safe), the BOINC folder to the new location.
Re-install BOINC.

This should take care of anything in the registry.
There have been reports of problems with the big 10 year uploads after a move, but I\'m fairly sure that that\'s because BOINC was also moved, instead of being re-installed.
This is one of those times when backups become important.



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