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posted: 30 Apr 2012 17:18 from: dtetreault
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Hi guys, Does anyone know how to go about installing Templot on a different computer? The computer I was using got toasted by my son and is useless.  Thanks Dennis |
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posted: 30 Apr 2012 17:42 from: Martin Wynne
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Hi Dennis, Download an updated version of Templot from: message 10771 Run (open) the downloaded file to install it on your computer. regards, Martin. |
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posted: posted: 30 Apr 2012 18:20 from: Paul Boyd
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Run (open) the downloaded file to install it on your computer....then restore your work from your backup. If you don't have a backup, you may still be able to get your work off your old hard disk, but let's cross that bridge at the time! |
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30 Apr 2012 18:20 from: Martin Dobbins
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This is great, because I've just had to f-disk my hard drive to get rid of a nasty Trojan and Templot was among the software I lost and had to reinstall. Now, I see I can download the TDV without charge which is nice since I've already paid for the software. Martin Martin Wynne wrote: Hi Dennis, |
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posted: 30 Apr 2012 18:28 from: Paul Boyd
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This is great, because I've just had to f-disk my hard drive Oh - scrub the "get your work off the old hard disk" bit |
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posted: 30 Apr 2012 19:56 from: Martin Wynne
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You can backup your files here on Templot Club: topic 835 regards, Martin. |
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posted: 30 Apr 2012 20:13 from: Paul Boyd
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Hi MartinYou can backup your files here on Templot Club: I and probably many other people had forgotten that! There's also Windows Live Mesh - more info here. Amongst other stuff, my Templot folders are backed up with that. I do have a regular backup regime, but for important stuff (including Templot work) I like not to think about having to backup. It's also possible to get at files when away from home - a very useful facility if you've forgotten a login, for instance (so long as you remember your Live Mesh login  )Cheers |
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posted: 30 Apr 2012 23:43 from: Chris Mitton click the date to link to this post click member name to view archived images |
Paul Boyd wrote: It's also quite easy to back up without relying on either your internet connection or the integrity of "the cloud" - personally the thought of entrusting anything of mine to Microsoft fills me with horror! Memory sticks now have huge capacity and are dirt cheap (especially compared with the time cost of restoring stuff from scratch). I have a batch file called USBBackupFromPC.BAT, the contents of which are (on mine, modify the sharenames, folders and drive letter to suit your system) xcopy \Chrism-genie\ChrisDocs\Models k:\Models /D /F /S /Yand a short-cut to it on the desktop. [The various letters on the end instruct Windows to copy only files that have been created or changed since you last ran this process, without giving lots of annoying messages. Pause simply leaves it on screen long enough to see what it's done.] It takes seconds to write, using a text editor such as Notepad (NOT a word processor!), and the drill is: at the end of any session, remove memory stick from trouser pocket and insert in USB port, double-click icon, press a key when it's finished, restore memory stick to trouser pocket. Usually about twenty seconds, and you only need to do it three or four times before it becomes ingrained habit. USBRestoreFromPC.BAT is obviously the same but with the file paths in reverse order, but mercifully I've not had to run that yet! - and I also use similar files in other key folders. HTH, Regards Chris |
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posted: 1 May 2012 18:41 from: Paul Boyd
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Hi Chrispersonally the thought of entrusting anything of mine to Microsoft fills me with horror! You're right - I certainly wouldn't trust Live Mesh as my sole backup source, or with anything that I wouldn't want to get out. I should have clarified that Live Mesh is a backup to the backup! However, having had several memory sticks fail, I wouldn't trust them either! What I actually do is to run a script to backup to an external hard drive. Periodically this is a full backup, with incremental backups for a while until they start getting a bit big. I also have a hard disc offsite, and post backup updates on CD/DVD to that site regularly in parallel with my on-site backups - that's two sets altogether, plus whatever is also on Live Mesh to catch anything important that may fall between backups. If all of those fail, I give up! I have discovered the hard way though that it is quite important to make sure that stuff you want to keep is actually included in the backup My script took some time and digging to develop, and it might be useful for others so I've attached it as a zipped text file. It will obviously need to be modified to suit your own file structure, and renamed so that it's a .bat rather than a .txt. It works by asking for a drive letter, then whether you want a full backup or incremental. For full, it copies everything listed in the file and for incremental it uses the same list but only backs up files from a set date - looking at the file will show you how it works. Maybe someone will find it useful! It's written for Windows 7 and uses robocopy rather than xcopy. If XP doesn't have robocopy, it's easy enough to change the script. |
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posted: 1 May 2012 19:34 from: Nigel Brown click the date to link to this post click member name to view archived images |
Paul Sort of similar to my approach. I use a second disc in the machine and also a detachable hard disc to hold backups. Either copying the complete E: drive, or selected folders on the E: drive, to one or other or both periodically. Cheers Nigel |
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posted: 1 May 2012 23:10 from: Chris Mitton click the date to link to this post click member name to view archived images |
Paul Boyd wrote: Hi ChrisHi Paul, thanks for that, very generous of you to share it! I've also got a few dud memory sticks......so I use more than one at any given time. I should have added that my entire MyDocuments folder structure (and other stuff) is replicated on my laptop and also on my wife's PC (but don't tell her! mind you her new machine has acres of hard drive yet) - and her files are likewise backed up on mine. My key point is that each major folder (Models, Finance, Pictures, etc) has its own backup batch file, and I simply click the one in the folder I've been working on at the end of each session - it takes just a few seconds, whereas a full backup takes a long time so isn't done that often (although I do so occasionally). One version of everything is therefore on my laptop that travels fairly widely, and another version is always in my pocket (except in bed!), so I'd have to try really hard to lose the lot! Regards Chris |
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