Marquis79 Posted December 29, 2006 Report Share Posted December 29, 2006 hi,maybe a dumb question but I've to know how SS and the backup Tool is working.I guess that the SS Backup Tool save also the file directory, so that all the backup information is useless if I change the drive letter? on my hdd?!I've got a new hard disk drive and now I want to copy all my music to this new hard disk drive. After that I will delete my operating system and do a new installation.my process:save ss libary with backup toolcopy all my music from old hdd to new hddchange drive letters, so that the new hdd will get the drive letter from the old hdd and vice versaformat c:install new OSinstall SSrestore ss libaryAnyone habe experience with this? Does my process work? What do you think??ThxMarquis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishiyoshi Posted December 29, 2006 Report Share Posted December 29, 2006 We have a SonicStage Backup Tool FAQ within this section of the forum. Please review it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marquis79 Posted December 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2006 I've done it before I posted my thread, there are no answers given for my problem... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishiyoshi Posted December 29, 2006 Report Share Posted December 29, 2006 hi,maybe a dumb question but I've to know how SS and the backup Tool is working.I guess that the SS Backup Tool save also the file directory, so that all the backup information is useless if I change the drive letter? on my hdd?!I believe the backup will still be useable even with a newly assigned HDD or drive letter if you will. The backup will be invalid only if you attempt to restore its database onto a second PC. However, to be honest, I rarely utilize the Backup Tool (for reinstallation of SonicStage) as my entire non-DRM ATRAC3plus library resides within an external HDD. If your ATRAC library consists entirely of non-DRM ATRAC tunes, you can even copy those ATRAC tunes as it is onto another removable media and not risk losing its OpenMG contents. Thus, you should not encounter any sort of database problem with your intended plan as outlined above; once again, only if the existing library consists of 100% non-DRM ATRAC tunes. Otherwise, a backup via SonicStage Backup Tool is required.Naturally, for the peace of mind, I would perform both backup with SonicStage Backup Tool and maintain a hard copy elsewhere if capacity is not an issue. Good luck with your reinstallation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pata2001 Posted December 30, 2006 Report Share Posted December 30, 2006 The drive letter doesn't matter. I have moved my Atrac library form 1 PC to another. Old PC is SS4.0, new PC is SS4.2, both are Asia Pacific version. I backed up my library from the old PC using the backup tool to an external hard-drive, install SS on the new PC, and restore the library from the external hard-drive. SS retains the folder structure, but the drive letter doesn't matter. The only thing is you MUST have an internet connection, as Sonicstage will "verify" your library some server on the internet before restoring for some reason, even if you don't have any tracks purchased from Connect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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