New Computer setup

[Westgate Hardwoods]

I've had MC on the same computer now for the last 4 yrs. I have it humming along just the way I like it.

My question is this: I am setting up a new computer and I want to get all of my settings, updates, chooks, dlls etc. xferred to the new computer pretty much as it is on the old one.

What would be a good strategy for making a seamless xfer?

 

Thanks,

[mayday]

put the old hard drive in the new system as a slave drive and you can run MC on that drive. also easier to transfer everything to the new drive if you pull the old drive back out

[sammgujjar]

ya its possible when u change ur mc computer u change the old ahrd disk to a new and another that u cop[y the same hard in the new pc .. its the better then the old hard disk .. and also chk ..

the old hard for the errors u use the max.nc error chk. soft.w.

its the grt then in changing some times the all filkes are not trans fer.. to another hard proper ..

try it tel me..

[Westgate Hardwoods]

Thanks Mayday & Sami. I thought of that although someone else is going to inheret the old computer. I will be networked to it though which should make it easier to xfer files.

[Thad]

Craig,

 

You can copy your tool and ops libraries, cfg file, df9 file, vb scripts, and chooks to the computer via floppy/CD/whatever. Make sure you install the new MC in a folder with the same name though our you'll have "path not found" type errors to deal with. As for the patches/updates, you'll have to do them "the old fashioned way."

 

Thad

[Westgate Hardwoods]

Thanks Thad,

 

I suspectd I would have to update and patch the old fashioned way, but was hoping for a dirty trick. Thanks for the heads-up on the folder name.

[Harryman]

Welcome to the forum Sami

[Henk]

Hi Craig

 

My dirty trick:

When you are on a network: install mastercam on the new computer in the same map as as it's in the old. Then copy your Mcam-map from the old computer to the new computer and overwrite all, and imo you get a seamless transfer.

[Westgate Hardwoods]

Thank you Henk. I'll try that.