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I am going to retire the PC that I currently have BOINC running on and I need to know the correct procedure on how to move it to my new machine?


Mark

1. Set No New Tasks on all active projects.
2. Run cache empty and upload everything.
3. Report all work.
4. Now find and move the BOINC Data directory from where it is on the old machine to a directory on the new machine.

Default Data directory paths:
Windows 98/SE/ME: C:\Windows\All Users\BOINC\ or C:\Windows\Profiles\All Users\BOINC\ (*)
Windows 2000/XP: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\BOINC\ (*)
Windows Vista/Windows 7: C:\ProgramData\BOINC\ (*)
Linux: wherever you unpack it/BOINC/
Macintosh OS X: /Library/Applications Support/BOINC/

(*) The directory will be hidden, so either put the path to it directly into Windows Explorer, or instruct Windows Explorer to show hidden files and folders.

5. When installing BOINC on the new machine, in the third screen in the installer, click Advanced.


6. Change the path for the data directory to where you moved the data directory (if not default place on the new machine).


This can only be done when going from same operating system to same operating system, so Windows to Windows, or Linux to Linux. It cannot be done when going from e.g. Windows to Linux, that'll trigger a new hostID.
It also needs to go from the same hardware to the same new, e.g. Intel to Intel CPU. When going from an Intel to an AMD CPU or vice versa, you will get a new hostID.

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