New version reset my project

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old_user187226 Send message Joined: 19 May 06 Posts: 2 Credit: 43,546 RAC: 0	Message 22814 - Posted: 19 May 2006, 13:25:30 UTC Having been invited to the new version 5.4.9 today, after installing it I couldn\'t find my previous project. I guess I should have backed-up the old one, but a warning about this would have been most useful. ID: 22814 · Reply Quote

Les Bayliss Volunteer moderator Send message Joined: 5 Sep 04 Posts: 7629 Credit: 24,240,330 RAC: 0	Message 22815 - Posted: 19 May 2006, 13:32:39 UTC It\'s possible that your original data is still there, but in a different folder. What was your previous version? ID: 22815 · Reply Quote

old_user187226 Send message Joined: 19 May 06 Posts: 2 Credit: 43,546 RAC: 0	Message 22819 - Posted: 19 May 2006, 15:23:38 UTC - in response to Message 22815. It\'s possible that your original data is still there, but in a different folder. What was your previous version? Old version was 5.2.13 ID: 22819 · Reply Quote

Pooh Bear 27 Send message Joined: 5 Feb 05 Posts: 465 Credit: 1,914,189 RAC: 0	Message 22820 - Posted: 19 May 2006, 15:28:03 UTC I had no issues with this on any of the 3 machines I am running CPDN on. I stopped the service, close the manager, ran the new install right over the old install, allowed it to auto start, and it took over nice and clean. ID: 22820 · Reply Quote

old_user94880 Send message Joined: 27 Aug 05 Posts: 156 Credit: 112,423 RAC: 0	Message 22821 - Posted: 19 May 2006, 17:41:34 UTC How did you upgrade, and did you upgrade to the same folder..??? BOINC Wiki ID: 22821 · Reply Quote

old_user163610 Send message Joined: 16 Feb 06 Posts: 1 Credit: 337 RAC: 0	Message 22824 - Posted: 19 May 2006, 20:46:46 UTC I had the same problem. Are you running the BBC project? If so, this thread might help you:- http://bbc.cpdn.org/forum_thread.php?id=1530&sort=timestamp_asc. What I did to fix it was:- 1) uninstall the version I\'d just upgraded to. This shows as BOINC ... in add/remove programs, and the default installation folder is c:\\program files\\BOINC. 2) removed folder c:\\program files\\BOINC 3) re-downloaded and installed the BBC version from here:- http://bbc.cpdn.org/ The BBC version bungs all its files in \'C:\\Program Files\\Climate Change Experiment\', and appears in add/remove programs as \'BBC Climate Change Experimant\'. When I re-started it after installation it picked up where it left off. There probably other ways to do it, but that was pain-free for me. Like you I saw a message that a new version was out, so I thought nothing of downloading and installing the new version from the address given in the message. The first link above is for a post dated 1st March, so a message appearing TODAY advising me to upgrade to a new version that doesn\'t work (because it\'s for a different product) strikes me as amateurish. Not impressed, especially after the forced reset a few weeks ago. ID: 22824 · Reply Quote

Les Bayliss Volunteer moderator Send message Joined: 5 Sep 04 Posts: 7629 Credit: 24,240,330 RAC: 0	Message 22825 - Posted: 19 May 2006, 22:30:43 UTC Harry Like you I saw a message that a new version was out, ... Please read my explanation on the BBC site here. ID: 22825 · Reply Quote

old_user113184 Send message Joined: 23 Nov 05 Posts: 18 Credit: 1,856 RAC: 0	Message 22826 - Posted: 20 May 2006, 0:01:19 UTC - in response to Message 22815. i also upgraded to 5.4.9. of boinc but rather than losing my cpdn project it has just totally taken over all my other boinc projects i had boinc running between 10-14 projects at the same time but now boinc says that i am over commited and finished all projects in earliest order first and wont let me get any more till it thinks cpdn will finish on time cpdn has now been running constantly for over 2 days now and still no new work from other projects before the upgarade everything was running smoothly and i could upload w/u from all project whenever boinc needed to also my (very quick and probebly bad) maths says that unlike the 1961 hours till compleation my estimate is nearer 3400 present time 163 hrs =4.75% (call it 5%to make sums easier) times 163 by 4 =20%=652 hrs times 652 hrs by 5 =3260hrs crude but if my maths is anywhere near the mark then i will finish my w/u in 4.5 months of solid crunching not the 2.7 months cpdn predicts ID: 22826 · Reply Quote

Les Bayliss Volunteer moderator Send message Joined: 5 Sep 04 Posts: 7629 Credit: 24,240,330 RAC: 0	Message 22827 - Posted: 20 May 2006, 0:28:47 UTC I think that they changed the way that BOINC works things out, (again), so it may take a while to settle down again. Best advice is to do what it says on the cover of The Hitchhiker\'s Guide to the Galaxy. :) ID: 22827 · Reply Quote

old_user113184 Send message Joined: 23 Nov 05 Posts: 18 Credit: 1,856 RAC: 0	Message 22829 - Posted: 20 May 2006, 6:07:32 UTC - in response to Message 22827. Last modified: 20 May 2006, 6:09:22 UTC ok at least i know where my towel is :-) ID: 22829 · Reply Quote

old_user113184 Send message Joined: 23 Nov 05 Posts: 18 Credit: 1,856 RAC: 0	Message 22830 - Posted: 20 May 2006, 6:08:19 UTC - in response to Message 22827. Last modified: 20 May 2006, 6:10:45 UTC might mirco manage boinc myself and suspend cpdn untill weekends or something that way my other projects get a look in ID: 22830 · Reply Quote