New Computer Setup ...

[kod]

I have just purchased a new computer to use for my shows (specs listed beoiw) and have loaded Hoster on it, but have not attempted to load any KMA files yet. My present system will become my backup.

I have all of my KMA files on a backup hard drive.

Do any of you guys (or gals) have any advice to save me some headaches?

I also want to move my Singers Files (~175) to the new system.

[Roy Dennis]

Originally Posted by kod

I also want to move my Singers Files (~175) to the new system.

If you want to use your singers files on the new computer then the song files must follow the same path as they do on the old computer for them to be found.
For instance if your old computer stored the files on an external drive named volume E in a folder named kma, that's is exactly how they will have to be on the new computer as the path data is locked into them.

Should that be the case then you can copy your present C/MTU/Hoster singers .mbd to the new computers Hoster folder.

Then from Tools tab/Build Database, note the list of folders in the present list, then use the Add folder button on the new computer so that the list is the same.

[kod]

Should that be the case then you can copy your present C/MTU/Hoster singers .mbd to the new computers Hoster folder.

Roy,

All of my singers files are on my show laptop. Only the KMA files are backed up on my external hard drive.

I have looked for the Singer Files on my laptop, but can't find them. I went to C:/MTU/Hoster to look for them and did not find a Singers.mbd file.

Where am I going wrong?

Thanks for the quick response...

[Roy Dennis]

Click the Hoster folder to open it, Can you see "singers" without .mbd extension in your Hoster folder ?
If so this is most likely the correct file and means you have file extensions hidden in your settings.

Go to Start/Control panel, depending which view you have from here either click "Appearance & Personalization then folder options" or if your in Classic view just Click on Folder options, then click on view tab, then scroll down the list till you see "Hide extensions for known file types" if this box is ticked un-tick it and press OK.
Now when you open your folders you should see the extensions.

[ddouglass]

Also the extension is MDB not MBD..

[kod]

Roy,

Thanks for the help! I followed your instructions and everything worked out fine. I did my first show with the new system last night without incident...

One problem though is I've added some CDG's to both systems after loading everything to the new system and ended up getting two BookID numbers.

Since I keep my song books in Excel, this posed a problem. However, I discovered Hoster will let you change the BookID number. After I had loaded the first CDG with the new BookID, I deleted it and reloaded it and made the BookID match the old system.

No matter which system I use, the BookID's need to match!

Is there an easier way to do this?

Again, thanks for the help...

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