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Hi all
I am about to migrate my BIAB to a windows 7 PC
As I have have been a regular MegaPAK upgrader since (at least) BIAB 10 untill BIAB 2010, I expect to install from every CD/DVD on top of each other in order to keep all the "extras" that I stil want to use. (E.g on the oldest BIAB MegaPAK CD's the product 'Master Jazz Guitar Solos' were delivered)
My problem, however, is that when I insert the BIAB 10 CD in the win 7 machine, it is not readable.
Next problem is that when I insert the CD in the very same XP machine that I installed on 4 years ago, it is not readable on that either. In fact it stalled the disc drive so I had to force it opened.
Now to the questions:
Have any of you experienced that the old CD's wear out/get unusable over time? (They have not been exposed to any extreme climatic environments since last install).
Do you have any alternative strategy for migrating years of compiled BIAB stuff to another computer?
BR Kamilu
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Contact PGMusic sales and see if they have a download link for the programs you can no longer load.
Or maybe even a fresh disk they could send..
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Hi Kamilu,
I have always run BIAB/RB from desktop PCs. When I migrate to a new PC, what I do is to simply hook the hard drive of my old PC up to the motherboard of my new PC. Start up the new computer and simply copy all the BIAB/RB folders from the old drive to the new one. Once that is done, I then reinstall the latest version software on the new computer. This seems to have worked ok for me and it's allowed me to keep everything that I've collected over the years.
In relation to your question about CDs/DVDs degrading/corroding over time, I have had that happen also.
Regards,
Noel
MY SONGS...Audiophile BIAB 2025
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rharv wrote: Quote:
Contact PGMusic sales and see if they have a download link for the programs you can no longer load.
Or maybe even a fresh disk they could send..
And so I did. And they were very helpful solving my problems. All credits to PG Music 
Best Regards, Kamilu
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Noel96
I would like to do what you stated in your reply, connect my old hard drive from an older XP machine to the mother board of my new one. Just how did you do that, as I am not that savy. Someone told me I would have to make the old hard drive a slave hard drive before I could read anything off it. I have some Norton styles on the old one I would surely like to save, plus, all my BB folders all the way back to Ver 6.
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Hi David, I've sent you a private message. If you do not feel confident being a technician, another option available to you is to buy a usb to usb direct netlink bridge. Carefully explain to sales staff what you require so that they don't end up giving you the wrong cable. http://www.usbgear.com/link/index.htmlThe one above is a "driverless model". From what I read, this is simply "plug it in and off you go!". There are also models that require you to install drivers (and a small disk management program) on each of the two computers connected. Hope this helps, Noel
MY SONGS...Audiophile BIAB 2025
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If you already have a router, there's an additional option that doesn't require a crossover cable: Windows Easy Transfer. It comes with Win7 and the XP version can be downloaded free from Microsoft. You cable each box to the router, run WET on each one, and follow the prompts. Not sure it's any faster than USB to USB, but it's mighty convenient.
Caveat: it can't be used to transfer an *installed* program - ie. one with registry entries. It's intended for data file transfer. But since BB doesn't use the registry, I believe even it can be transferred this way and still execute.
FWIW.
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