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Upgrading to Windows 10 - will I have to reload my library in MC21?
glynor:
--- Quote from: sdmarquart on September 10, 2015, 03:06:55 pm ---Regarding backup, what kind of file is it? If necessary, do I just import that file into MC21 and all my music will show up? Also, can I "load" that backup file to another PC running MC21 (on my same network) and it will load correctly?
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Read the Wiki article.
It is a ZIP file. And, yes, a Library Backup is a good way to migrate settings and your Library from one copy of MC to another. They are not device specific (though some of the settings, like Zones, may be).
glynor:
--- Quote from: sdmarquart on September 10, 2015, 03:08:05 pm ---Well, that computer keeps randomly shutting down and it's a last ditch effort to see if this fixes it.
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That indicates a hardware failure. Possibly overheating or a power supply issue. It is slightly possible it could be a device driver, but if the computer is actually shutting off, then something is badly broken (and almost certainly a physical fault of some kind).
If the computer is rebooting (in other words, bluescreening and then restarting itself) or freezing, then it is more likely that it could be a driver issue.
You can try it, but that's not likely to solve the issue.
blgentry:
If you're nuking a machine (wiping the hard drive) and starting from scratch, don't you need a few other things from the MC21 directories? Like the Cover Art directory for example? I say "a few other things" because I'm not sure if there's anything other than the cover art that might not be part of the Library Backup.
I know that saved splits and tabs are in the registry on Windows and in a config file on Mac. Handhelds are similar right?
I'm not trying to play the "gotcha" game here. I'm honestly interested in the procedure that would allow you to get *everything* and reproduce it on another machine, or the same machine after you nuke it.
Thanks,
Brian.
RoderickGI:
--- Quote from: glynor on September 10, 2015, 04:46:06 pm ---That indicates a hardware failure.
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Definitely a sounds like a hardware failure, and most likely a power supply problem, though it could be memory that is on the edge of functioning, and fails under certain conditions, something overheating. Definitely requires hardware issue diagnostics.
Upgrading a PC in that state will stress the hardware, and is likely to see a failure during the process, and a totally borked PC, which may then be difficult to recover from without good backups of everything.
Do not upgrade. Fix your hardware issues.
sdmarquart:
Thanks Glynor. Yeah, I'm not interested in upgrading the PC that shut off. I've got another laptop. The backup library worked perfectly. Had the new laptop set up and running with MC21 with my old library in less than a half hour.
Thanks again guys!
Spencer
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