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| Registered: March 30, 2007 |  Posts: 41 |
| | Posted: | | | | Hi Guys, My PC just died  for the time being I'll have to use my mac power pc G5 any ideas ?? I've been through all the mac posts and most relate to intel mac which I don't have, is there a way of getting a copy of my dvds from my online list ?? all my backups etc were on my PC  Any help would be appreciated. Thanks | | | For every Great Musician, there was a next-door neighbor who said
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| Registered: March 19, 2007 |  Posts: 582 |
| | Posted: | | | | You can download the online collection. You'' probably lose all personal information, but all the titles will be there. | | |  |
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| Registered: February 23, 2009 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 1,580 |
| | Posted: | | | | silly question perhaps but does the hard disk of your Windows PC still work? If so, you can put it in a case or in another PC and from there copy the .dpb backup of your collection to another computer.
I don't know if it's possible to run or emulate DVDP on a mac, but what you could always do is create a dual booting computer where you have both Mac OS and Win on one PC, using software like Vcomm's System Commander.
... or just hang on to your .dpb until you have a new Windows PC (which I can understand, isn't the ideal solution) | | | Blu-ray collection
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 6,730 |
| | Posted: | | | | For downloading your online collection go to DVDProfiler menu "Online -> DVD Profiler Online ..." In the now opening window enter your registration data (if you haven't done so already) and choose download.
But first of all you really should do as Taro suggested:
Check if your HDD is still working.
Put it into an external HDD-case connect it to your new PC and rescue your data. | | | It all seems so stupid, it makes me want to give up!
But why should I give up, when it all seems so stupid?
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| Registered: March 30, 2007 | | Posts: 41 |
| | Posted: | | | | I think my hard drive is still ok, I've tried re installing windows, but it cant find my hard drive without the SATA drivers and the only way to install them is via floppy. I can download the drivers but I have no way of putting them on a floppy as my PC is dead, go figure  I've been messing around all day trying to set up virtual PC on my mac I got as far as installing virtual PC but it won't let me install windows on it. All the other emulators I have found are all intel based and my mac is power pc  I'll look up Vcomm's system commander and see if that will work, haven't come across that one yet. and i'll also go online and try the download. Thanks for all your help so far, let me know if you think of something else.... i'll post if I get this sorted | | | For every Great Musician, there was a next-door neighbor who said
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| Registered: February 23, 2009 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 1,580 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting goblinsdoitall: Quote:
But first of all you really should do as Taro suggested:
Check if your HDD is still working.
Put it into an external HDD-case connect it to your new PC and rescue your data. Yes, the reason I suggested that is because the 'local only' data (headshots, your own covers, just to name a few) don't get uploaded to the Invelos servers. So I would first try to rescue the .dpb and keep the download option as a last resort. By the way, I always keep a copy of my .dpb on an external HDD. So my collection is on my internal HDD, the backup on an external one (a memory stick would also work). That way, if something happens, you only risk losing a minimal amount of (local) data. Just a friendly suggestion for the future. V-com's website changed, here's the link: http://www.avanquest.com/USA/aq-you/support/obsolete_releases.htmlWorks for me to run various Windows releases on the same PC, so might work for you as well ... | | | Blu-ray collection
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| Registered: March 30, 2007 | | Posts: 41 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting goblinsdoitall: Quote:
For downloading your online collection go to DVDProfiler menu "Online -> DVD Profiler Online ..." In the now opening window enter your registration data (if you haven't done so already) and choose download. Ok this I do after I have dvd profiler up and running again right ?? I was wondering if there is a way of downloading what is online to some other program or as a text file ? | | | For every Great Musician, there was a next-door neighbor who said
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| Registered: February 23, 2009 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 1,580 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting morgannn: Quote:
Quoting goblinsdoitall:
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For downloading your online collection go to DVDProfiler menu "Online -> DVD Profiler Online ..." In the now opening window enter your registration data (if you haven't done so already) and choose download.
Ok this I do after I have dvd profiler up and running again right ??
I was wondering if there is a way of downloading what is online to some other program or as a text file ? If you want your collection in XML or TXT format, as far as I know you'll have to get DVDP up and running again somehow, because it's from there that you can export everything. You can't do it directly from the online or .dpb backup. | | | Blu-ray collection
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| Registered: March 30, 2007 | | Posts: 41 |
| | Posted: | | | | If you want your collection in XML or TXT format, as far as I know you'll have to get DVDP up and running again somehow, because it's from there that you can export everything. You can't do it directly from the online or .dpb backup. That's what I thought.... i'll keep pulling my hair out with these emulators, the only reason I was keeping my PC was for dvd profiler  | | | For every Great Musician, there was a next-door neighbor who said
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| Registered: March 30, 2007 | | Posts: 41 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Taro: Quote:
Quoting goblinsdoitall:
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But first of all you really should do as Taro suggested:
By the way, I always keep a copy of my .dpb on an external HDD. So my collection is on my internal HDD, the backup on an external one (a memory stick would also work). That way, if something happens, you only risk losing a minimal amount of (local) data. Just a friendly suggestion for the future.
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I do have a backup on an external hard drive but it's about a year old at least when I do get up and running again I'll have all my layouts and reports etc. | | | For every Great Musician, there was a next-door neighbor who said
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| Registered: February 23, 2009 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 1,580 |
| | Posted: | | | | Well if you manage to rescue the most recent .dpb you have on your hard disk and can upload it on a file sharing service, I'd be happy to download it, open it in my DVDP and export it to .txt or .xml for you, if it helps. That way, you'd have one less problem to worry about. | | | Blu-ray collection
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 6,730 |
| | Posted: | | | | The easiest way to get the data from a working HDD in an otherwise dead PC: Go to your local computer store and ask for an empty external HDD-case (USB) with internal SATA connectors (should be around $ 15). Connect the HDD to the external case and plug this to the USB-port of your Mac. I'm not sure if MacOS can read from NTFS. If not you need the help of your friendly neighbour (preferred the one with a PC  ). Ask him if you could plug your HDD to his PC for a moment and burn the content of your "My Documents"-folder to a DVD | | | It all seems so stupid, it makes me want to give up!
But why should I give up, when it all seems so stupid?
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 5,917 |
| | Posted: | | | | If you can gain access to the drive, you can copy the entire database directory off of the old drive and onto the new drive with zero data loss. If not the "default" directory, you'll have to browse to it when you try changing databases. |
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| Registered: March 30, 2007 | | Posts: 41 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Taro: Quote:
Well if you manage to rescue the most recent .dpb you have on your hard disk and can upload it on a file sharing service, I'd be happy to download it, open it in my DVDP and export it to .txt or .xml for you, if it helps. That way, you'd have one less problem to worry about. Wow thanks Taro, I'm going to give the external hard case a go, I think this will be a good option ( especially if I can sort out an emulator for my mac ) as I mentioned earlier I only used the PC for surfing the net and DVD Profiler (I actually have 3 Macs ) Thanks again to everyones help, fingers crossed today will be a much less frustrating day  | | | For every Great Musician, there was a next-door neighbor who said
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 5,494 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting morgannn: Quote:
I think my hard drive is still ok, I've tried re installing windows, but it cant find my hard drive without the SATA drivers and the only way to install them is via floppy. I can download the drivers but I have no way of putting them on a floppy as my PC is dead, go figure
I've been messing around all day trying to set up virtual PC on my mac I got as far as installing virtual PC but it won't let me install windows on it.
All the other emulators I have found are all intel based and my mac is power pc
I'll look up Vcomm's system commander and see if that will work, haven't come across that one yet.
and i'll also go online and try the download.
Thanks for all your help so far, let me know if you think of something else.... i'll post if I get this sorted Most PC's these day's don't even come with a 3.5 floppy A drive., as the discs themselves barely hold 1.2 MB of space .. But your comment about you are able to download the drivers but the PC is dead, lets me believe you are downloading the drivers to another PC., what about using a CD-R for holding the drivers,, and instead of using sata can you not use IDE cables? if the HD is only setup for sata for your motherboard you must have IDE pins on your board, why not change the sata hookup to IDE and then run your Master HD to your motherboard., this should get you up and running.. ? | | | In the 60's, People took Acid to make the world Weird. Now the World is weird and People take Prozac to make it Normal.
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| Registered: March 30, 2007 | | Posts: 41 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting widescreenforever: Most PC's these day's don't even come with a 3.5 floppy A drive., as the discs themselves barely hold 1.2 MB of space .. But your comment about you are able to download the drivers but the PC is dead, lets me believe you are downloading the drivers to another PC., what about using a CD-R for holding the drivers,, and instead of using sata can you not use IDE cables? if the HD is only setup for sata for your motherboard you must have IDE pins on your board, why not change the sata hookup to IDE and then run your Master HD to your motherboard., this should get you up and running.. ? No I'm using my mac, i've tried putting it on a cd, I've tried using a flash drive but it will only look in drive A the cd bit didn't work because I have the windows operating system in that drive and can't eject because it's halfway through loading when I am supposed to insall the drivers  | | | For every Great Musician, there was a next-door neighbor who said
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