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More => Old Versions => Media Center 11 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: mshaw on July 15, 2006, 01:28:53 pm

Title: Several upgrade questions
Post by: mshaw on July 15, 2006, 01:28:53 pm

I've just built a new computer, and would like to transfer my MC10 over to it AND upgrade to 11.1 at the same time.

• I see that I need to install MC10 on the new machine first in order to get the upgrade price for MC11.1.  Is a vanilla clean install with my license enough, or should I get my entire library transferred over as well before upgrading to 11.1?
• Is there a recommended way to transfer the library?  Backup/Restore?
• Any issues running MC11.1 on XP Pro x64?
• Any other issues/etc I should be aware of?

Thanks!

Title: Re: Several upgrade questions
Post by: KingSparta on July 15, 2006, 01:42:52 pm

Make Sure You Make A Backup Of Your Library Files First Before Upgrading.

I have Never Had Much Luck On Upgrading And Retaining It Or Play Lists, I Also Tend Not To Make Backups Of My Library Files.

There May Be Issues With MC And Windows Vista (Volume Control For one)

Title: Re: Several upgrade questions
Post by: mshaw on July 16, 2006, 12:19:35 am

One thing I'm REALLY not very clear on: what, exactly, do I transfer to the new machine?

I just backed up my library.  It took about a second, and I got a .zip file 325KB in size.  My library is more than 58GB.

Obviously the backup is an index, and I have to transfer both the backup file and the library itself to the new machine - does the restore function know how to get the real library, somehow?

thanks....

Title: Re: Several upgrade questions
Post by: KingSparta on July 16, 2006, 05:33:41 am

well you can also

On New Mach: Install MC11.1
Copy Everything In the J River folder
And Copy That To the New mach

Title: Re: Several upgrade questions
Post by: mshaw on July 18, 2006, 07:26:14 pm

Huh.  Well, that was easy - all I did was transfer all my music files over, and resinstalled MC - it found it all on its own.  Not bad!

Title: Re: Several upgrade questions
Post by: glynor on July 19, 2006, 09:03:34 am

Just so you are aware... Whenever MC refers to the "Library" it is referring to the database of your media, not the media itself!  It's a quite important distinction.