New Computer

succubuspolno

Hi,

I tried to look up this information but couldnt find anything really regarding my question. My old computer died last friday and I have to transfer everything to my new computer. Lucky for me my all my DazStudio were on a 2nd hardrive which will be transfered to my new PC. My main concern are 1) do i need to reinstall everything or i can just use my old already installed products. 2) I have over 80 customized character that I saved as scenes, if i need to reinstall everything, will they work without issue or I basically lost everything (this is my main concern). Thank you for your help!

Richard Haseltine

1) DS itself, plug-ins, and some scripts and shaders will need reisntalling. Content installed through Install Manager or Daz Central generally won't need reinstalling, though if you installed through Install Manager and left its Manifests folderin the default location it won't know that the content is installed. For Connect (content installed through DS) you will need to reinstall, unless the database itself was on the other drive (in ewhichc ase you just need to tell DS where it is), though it should spot the existing files and just confirm they are current rather than doing a full download. You will probably need to reimport the metadata for non-Connect installs if you use any of the database driven views (Categories, Products, Smart Content, Presets tabs in property panes); open the Content Library option menu (the lined/hamburger button in the top corner, or right-click the tab) and select Content DB Maintenance, check Reimport Metadata, and select the options to import all.

2) Scenes should load fine, even without reinstalling the content, as soon as you tell DS where the files are.

succubuspolno

Richard Haseltine said:

1) DS itself, plug-ins, and some scripts and shaders will need reisntalling. Content installed through Install Manager or Daz Central generally won't need reinstalling, though if you installed through Install Manager and left its Manifests folderin the default location it won't know that the content is installed. For Connect (content installed through DS) you will need to reinstall, unless the database itself was on the other drive (in ewhichc ase you just need to tell DS where it is), though it should spot the existing files and just confirm they are current rather than doing a full download. You will probably need to reimport the metadata for non-Connect installs if you use any of the database driven views (Categories, Products, Smart Content, Presets tabs in property panes); open the Content Library option menu (the lined/hamburger button in the top corner, or right-click the tab) and select Content DB Maintenance, check Reimport Metadata, and select the options to import all.

2) Scenes should load fine, even without reinstalling the content, as soon as you tell DS where the files are.

Awesome Thank you so much you set my mind at ease! :)