Yet another request for buying help

nonesuch00

I think all you needed to have saved is these two folders

<System Drive>:\Users\Public\Public Documents\DAZ 3D\

<System Drive>:\Users\<My User Account>\AppData\Roaming\DAZ 3D\

and make sure that if you saved the DIM downloads locally and/or your actual DAZ / Poser products library location(s) on another drive(s) besides the <System Drive> that the drive(s) with those files has the same drive letter as your previous computer.

(a more knowlegeble expert correct me if I'm wrong please)

kaotkbliss

Yeah, posting on the "already tried adding a new HD" issue

Usually they come unformatted, so you need to pop in your OS disc and boot from your cd drive

Then when it asks where you want to install the OS to, you need to tell it to format the disk as well.

 

I was lucky enough to have had the guts to just start pushing pieces together and asking many questions at my local computer store when I first thought about getting a computer. I picked up cheap, replaceable parts and experimented so it wasn't a big loss to screw something up.

I've always built my own PCs and it's much cheaper that way.

dracorn

I heard some very good reviews about this site.  I was considering using it myself, but then decided to go to Fry's and had someone help me pick out my custom parts and they built it for me.  Not sure of your location or if there is a Fry's near you. 

http://www.ecollegepc.com/

Oso3D

I already have new computer, maybe should start a new topic.... thought 'eh, this is a followup...'

The problem I have is that the installed content is there, but the downloaded files are not.

 

nonesuch00

timmins.william said:

I already have new computer, maybe should start a new topic.... thought 'eh, this is a followup...'

The problem I have is that the installed content is there, but the downloaded files are not.

 

Do you not have those 2 locations I listed available to copy?

Steps:

1. Install DAZ Studio, plugins & so on where you want it.

2. Start DAZ Studio & login. Configure preferences as you had them before (do this because of registry entries)

3. Register DAZ Studio & your various plugins (again because of registery entries)

4. Exit DAZ Studio, Start DIM and configure as you had them on your old PC. Exit DIM

5. Copy over the 2 directory locations I told you about from your old HD to the appropriate location on your new PC

6. Start DAZ Studio & login & exit.

7. Start DIM, login, & run any updates you need.

8. If you have DAZ Release & DAZ Public Beta installed at the same time repeat the above for DAZ Public Beta

9. Log into DAZ Studio & update any DAZ Connect special content that maybe DIM hasn't available.

Unless DAZ Studio has something like the Windows security identifiers embedded in it's local content library listings to help prevent pirates from making wholesale copies of installed libraries for easy distribution (I doubt that because they like to lure teenagers back repeated times for multiple files so they get the ad dollars and such) it should work.

Here is what one of my manifest files looks like in the Public directory I tolf you of. That directory is for Installed location. There is one for each DAZ Product I have installed, ahem, over 800 now.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><DAZInstallManifest VERSION="0.1"> <GlobalID VALUE="dadeda7a-a622-4e53-b1b4-925bbddac756"/> <MetadataGlobalID VALUE="dadeda7a-a622-4e53-b1b4-925bbddac756"/> <SmartContent VALUE="False"/> <ProductName VALUE="Frog Boy"/> <ProductStoreIDX VALUE="24920-1"/> <ProductFileGuid VALUE="6e15ea78-9121-54bc-5651-31815eebf3c1"/> <InstallTypes VALUE="Content"/> <ProductTags VALUE="DAZStudio4_5,Poser9"/> <ArchiveDate VALUE="2016-03-24T00:47:29Z"/> <InstallerDate VALUE="2016-03-24T00:47:29Z"/> <UserInstallAccount VALUE="Account"/> <UserOrderId VALUE="22622259"/> <UserOrderDate VALUE="2016-07-04T03:16:31Z"/> <UserInstallDate VALUE="2016-07-04T03:55:04Z"/> <InstalledSize VALUE="8393183"/> <UserInstallPath VALUE="I:/Documents/Design/DAZ 3D/Studio/Library"/> <File TARGET="Content" ACTION="Install" VALUE="Content/ReadMe's/FrogBoy/Frog Boy-readme.txt"/> <File TARGET="Content" ACTION="Install" VALUE="Content/Runtime/Frog Boy UV Map/FrogBoy-uvmap.jpg"/> <File TARGET="Content" ACTION="Install" VALUE="Content/Runtime/Geometries/Frog Boy/Frog Boy.obj"/>

 

Now for what you want that should be in the other hidden App Data directory with the database file in it that has your installed content location & such. At least they shouldn't be stuffing the Windows registry with all that DAZ product install data. Too much of it. 

Oso3D

My old hdd is toast. The actual content directory is backed up, I have that. It didn't occur to me to backup the download folder.

Taoz

timmins.william said:

I already have new computer, maybe should start a new topic.... thought 'eh, this is a followup...'

The problem I have is that the installed content is there, but the downloaded files are not.

That's shouldn't matter for DS (DIM has an option for deleting the zips after installation so they're only required during (re-)installation).

nonesuch00

timmins.william said:

My old hdd is toast. The actual content directory is backed up, I have that. It didn't occur to me to backup the download folder.

Oh, well Windows should back up Roaming and all Documents, Public or User so check to see if you're in luck I guess unless it was a manual backup of the DAZ content and not much else.

Sounds like you will have to install DIM & check all and let the queue run for as long as it takes. At least you aren't in a place like me with 256K speeds.

Oso3D

Then I'm confused, because the files are there, Daz Studio recognizes that they are there, but DIM doesn't.

 

Kendall Sears

DS doesn't have a clue about DIM files.  If your DS is seeing things, then they are not DIM files, but installed content.

DIM only has 2 files for each "content item" -- a .zip file that contains the actual data, and a .dsx that contains metadata.

By default, DIM looks in /Users/Public/Public Documents/DAZ 3D/InstallManager/Downloads

Kendall

nonesuch00

It looks like then now is a good time for you to start using the DAZ Connect for your data. Hmmm, actually no, it is so slow that way. The only way for you to get those DIM manaifest files again then is to re-download & re-install no matter what DS sees.

Oso3D

I'll just download it again and make sure the download data is in my Dropbox.

 

mutter

(Thankfully, I have a decent connection, by US standards)

kaotkbliss

timmins.william said:

I'll just download it again and make sure the download data is in my Dropbox.

 

mutter

(Thankfully, I have a decent connection, by US standards)

I just found out my internet got limited, 300GB per month :(

Sure that's a lot, but when all my tv watching is through Hulu, Netflix and the like, plus Daz, renderosity, sharecg etc. downloads, online games and Steam/Origin/GOG downloads, movie downloads, and so forth...

 

I've got a seperate HD that I download all my zips to, I then use dropbox to hold my renders and Onedrive to store all my saved scenes and such. Unfortunately both dropbox and onedrive are full so I need to either find a way to reduce the files on them, or expand the space (which costs money) :(

nonesuch00

I bought a Roku MHDL stick and those are OK but I only watch free shows. The quality is pretty bad by today's standards (visual quality - the actual writing and shows are usually better).

Oso3D

Man. Some of these packages are HUGE.

I have Space Stones and it's almost a gig. Sheesh

 

WendyLuvsCatz

Tim just copy your manifest files over from C:\Users\Public\Documents\DAZ 3D\InstallManager\ManifestFiles

Oso3D

From the HDD that doesn't work. ;)

 

WendyLuvsCatz

timmins.william said:

Then I'm confused, because the files are there, Daz Studio recognizes that they are there, but DIM doesn't.

 

doing this should make DIM see them if you already have the contemnt downloaded, I did it when I got my SSD and used another external for my Library