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Restoring MC16 on a New Computer

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jfuzz:
If all else fails I'll just have to buy MC17 and start over. Good Lord! Ripping 400+ CD's is a daunting thought!

MrC:
I think you are confounding two matters: 1) the license, and 2) restoring the MC library database from a previously backed up MC.

Let's ignore 1.

For 2, you'd generally:

   a) install MC
   b) use File > Library > Restore Library, to restore an existing library.

MC backs up its library periodically, so search the old backup location for a backup.

Did you ever try that?

kensn:
To try to help a bit also:

The physical ripped files of your collection are hopefully somewhere safe . There will not be a need to re-rip them.

Do as MrC suggests and find an old backup of your Media Center 16 you were running. They are in the format of "MC Library Backup (The Name Of Your Library) - YYYY-MM-DD.zip" Mine are in the My Documents folder under JRiver - MC## - Library backups.

Install MC 17 then do a restore with the library backup file. File - Library - Restore, then browse to the backup zip file from above.

If there is not a way to get a library backup file, point the new install to your ripped files and let MC 17 import them for you.

Ken

kensn:
PS...

If you bought a MC16 license around the time that MC17 was coming out, you may have received a MC17 license.. I did.

Ken

jfuzz:
Well, I'm still pluggin away! I uninstalled MC16 and now I have MC17 on my new computer. It has the same 3 demos oshowing. Next I loaded all of the data in C:\documents and settings\admin\application data\iriver\media center 16 from my old computer to C:\users\stereo only\appdata\roaming\jriver\media center 17 on the new computer. I changed my old paths on the audio files to the new paths and nothing. I got the same 3 demos showing. That was last night and this morning I read your new posts. That will be todays try. Thanks for sticking with me.

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