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Gweedz

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Message 25793 - Posted: 29 Jun 2009, 15:21:47 UTC

My old computer was running Boinc manager and I was connected to Einstein, Rosetta, Seti and a few others.
Computer had a HDD failure and was replaced.
I installed Boinc manager and was expecting it to automatically reconnect to the projects I had before. It didn't. Is there a way to do this, or must I do it manually one by one all over again?

Thanks!
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Richard Haselgrove
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Message 25794 - Posted: 29 Jun 2009, 15:35:51 UTC - in response to Message 25793.  

If you don't have a backup of the BOINC data folder from your old HDD, and you don't use one of the thirdy-party account managers like 'BAM' from the BOINCstats stable, then yes, you will have to attach to the projects all over again.

But do remember that you are a 'returning' user, so you can attach to your existing personal account at each project: that saves a bit of time, and keeps your statistics together.
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Gweedz

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Message 25799 - Posted: 29 Jun 2009, 20:43:19 UTC - in response to Message 25794.  

Thank you. You gave me some ideas that may save me a lot of headache.
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