New OS hard drive

[elbryyan]

I received a shiny new 500GB HD for the holidays and installed it for my recordings. The next thing I would like to do is upgrade the 40GB HD that the OS is on to use the old 200GB drive that I was using for recordings before. My question is, how do I save the configurations that we currently have such as the recordings that we have set up and so forth on a new copy of windows? Is it as easy as copying the database file and config file? I've tried the Acronis migrate easy 15 day trial to clone the drive but once I run thru the wizard to start the cloning process, once the machine reboots the screen just stays black and nothing happens.

[scb147]

On the plugins tab, if you press Export Recordings, it will create a recording-dump.xml file in your GBPVR directory. Then with your new GBPVR install, press the Import Recordings button on the same tab. This will import your recordings into the GBPVR database.

This way works only if your recordings are on the same drive as before. Meaning, if your recordings are right now "E:\Recordings", then it will have to be the same after you've installed your new drive. If it changes to "F:\Recordings", then you will have to use MpegImport (http://gbpvr.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Utility/MpegImport) to import your recordings.

As for your config, it's probably better to just re-install GBPVR. Make note of your settings somewhere beforehand. Even make a copy of the entire folder! I do this all the time. It's good practice.

[elbryyan]

On the plugins tab, if you press Export Recordings, it will create a recording-dump.xml file in your GBPVR directory. Then with your new GBPVR install, press the Import Recordings button on the same tab. This will import your recordings into the GBPVR database.

This way works only if your recordings are on the same drive as before. Meaning, if your recordings are right now "E:\Recordings", then it will have to be the same after you've installed your new drive. If it changes to "F:\Recordings", then you will have to use MpegImport (http://gbpvr.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Utility/MpegImport) to import your recordings.

As for your config, it's probably better to just re-install GBPVR. Make note of your settings somewhere beforehand. Even make a copy of the entire folder! I do this all the time. It's good practice.

I can do that no problem, the only issue that I wanted to avoid was having to try and remember all the reoccuring shows that we had set up to record and recreating them again with the new install.

[scb147]

I can do that no problem, the only issue that I wanted to avoid was having to try and remember all the reoccuring shows that we had set up to record and recreating them again with the new install.

If you Export Recordings, it will also keep your recurring recordings.

[scb147]

I should mention that I believe Export Recordings only outputs the recurring recordings within the last version or two. I don't think 0.99.12 did this.

[Carlito]

If you do a backup of your gbpvr.db file you should be able to use it after you re-install gbpvr. This of course means installing the same version of GBPVR that is currently installed.

edit: This goes for your config.xml file as well

[jam_zhou]

Why don't you just image the drive, then restore it to the new drive? I use Bart PE and Driveimage XML as they are free.

If you are doing a complete new install, just copy your gbpvr directory, do all your OS, driver and software installs (including gbpvr) then copy your gbpvr directory over it.

[fluffykeith]

I just spotted this thread and if anyone is interested I use XXCLONE which is free and very good.
The free version is good for complete disk clones but if you pay for it it can do incremental backups too.
It can even set the MBR and boot flag and copy the disk ID so that when you reboot windows does not complain that you have changed hardware.

Keith