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[WCG-BOINC] Save WU in progress; reinstall OS; put WU "back"??

Re: [WCG-BOINC] Save WU in progress; reinstall OS; put WU "back"

Thanks, Ron.

It's an old slow cruncher that needs some attention and I have time to work on it today. The WU's take almost 30 hours to finish on that machine and the WU is not even half finished. I am talking about clean install, not repair of the OS.
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reply to marti
This may or may not work...

I'd stop BOINC - copy C:\Program Files\BOINC to the thumb drive.

Reinstall OS and BOINC, then copy those files back.

Might work.
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reply to marti
I don't see why my suggestion wouldn't work.. and here's something to back me up - »www.boinc-wiki.info/index.php?ti···up_BOINC
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Thanks, Brian. I will test it on a "fast" machine that has just started a WU.
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You can copy the Boinc folder any where.Do your format Put Boinc folder wherever you want on your clean install.Install Boinc pointing to Boinc folder.

I've even done this going from X32 to X64.
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reply to Dersgniw

If you put your old Boinc folder back before Boinc install it goes easier.Boinc only installs .exe and leaves the rest of the files in the folder alone.If you do the install first then you have to go through this file is new BS
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reply to marti
Thanks and big hugs to all that responded to this thread! You guys are the best!

I copied the BOINC folder to the desktop on one of my computers; shut BOINC down; unistalled the BOINC program; deleted the folder under C:programs; emptied the recyle bin; ran a registry cleaner and rebooted. I then copied the BOINC folder back under the Program Files folder and installed the BOINC program.

The WU is back crunching where I was when it shut BOINC down to run my test. More hugs!!!!

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reply to marti
Good info.. who's submitting the faq?

reply to Dersgniw
^^^^^^^^^^^^

I'm sorry, dersgniw is unavailable right now. Please submit your FAQ and he will get back to you.
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reply to marti
This is the only way to go if you have multiple machines and use BoincView.BoincView sees the old folder and no BoincView setup is needed.
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reply to Dersgniw
FAQ

WCG BOINC

Save a WU in progress so you can reinstall the OS.

1. Copy the complete BOINC folder from C:\Program Files\BOINC (assuming that you have WCG/BOINC installed in this location) to a thumb drive. (Be sure to copy other important data files on your computer.)

2. Reinstall the OS.

3. Copy the BOINC folder back to C:\Program Files

4. Install the BOINC program. Make sure the BOINC version is the same one that you had on the computer before you "nuked" it.

marti
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Here ya go Marti - »Team Discovery WCG BOINC FAQ

Then you get credit for it.. I think it raises your level X10 or something (actually I don't know if it does anything).
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reply to marti
You can change version also.You can also X86 to X64.
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reply to marti
Thanks marti parti

»Team Discovery WCG BOINC FAQ »How To Save a WU In Progress in Case of Reformat / Reinstall

See the edited version I sent to you via IM.
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