best practice when moving to new hardware (1 Viewer)

Atomic7431

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or re installing windows.

Whats the best way so when i re install mepo and MP that i can quickly get MP ifo back as was without having to rescrape and sort all my covers etc.

single seat situation.
 
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Paranoid Delusion

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    I'm lazy, just backup the whole C:\ProgramData\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal folder, or are you talking about adding another hdd which will change location of files, but even that should update location without any user intervention, once it has been added to the scanned folder section of MovingPics.

    I also have a backup of the C:\Program Files\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal, as a just in case scenario ;)
     

    Atomic7431

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    will this make any difference when new version of mediaportal/moving pics comes out, ie conflicts. Also this will keep watched status etc?

    and thanks for input.
     
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    Hi.
    Best is to update all relevant plugins to recent versions before upgrading hardware. If you do so no conflicts after copy the backup back to new installation. If you don't change version of MP it's best to use the plugin BackupSettings, which easily restores all your settings , plugins, databases,...
     

    Atomic7431

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    ok thanks all for the advice much appreciated, as for the backup settings plugin i was under the impression it was still not a guarented working solution.
     

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