Change Computers
10 Dec 2008 22:02:35 UTC
Topic 194077
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My computer at the college where I am employed is going to be changed next week (I run Einstein 24 hours a day on it)...getting a new desktop computer in its place. Presumably all files will be transferred at that time. Will I experience any problems related to the change?
Change Computers
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Nope, you just install BOINC on that new machine and every thing should flow smoothly.
Son of a BIT!
RE: My computer at the
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Ideally you should set all the Projects on that machine to "no new tasks" and then install Boinc fresh on the new machine. When a unit is sent out it is sent to a particular pc, if you send that same unit back with a different computer it is not supposed to validate. You could also just install Boinc on the new pc and just let the workunits on the current pc expire and get sent out to others to crunch.
Mikey, I think I'll do what
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Mikey, I think I'll do what you suggest, which is to use the 'no new tasks' function a day or two before the conversion and then install BOINC fresh on the new computer. I was thinking that if the tech guys transfer all my files to the new desktop, one of those files would be BOINC so I figured I wouldn't have to re-install the software. Would I de-install BOINC on the new computer (if transferred from the old) and then re-install it?
RE: Mikey, I think I'll do
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That is not necessary, you can just download the newest version off any projects website and install fresh from it. As for the old computer, they will probably wipe it clean before getting rid of it. Most companies/whatever don't want to take the chance of getting sued later on about whatever could be left on the machine. At my work we have a thingy that lets them do 6 drives at once. When we do one drive at a time we use D.B.A.N
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dban
It wipes it to DOD specs and works fine.