Transfering to a new computer

Daniel.Helzer

Hi I'm fairly new to Daz. Anyhow, I have purchased a couple models and the files are a direct install. By that, I mean, the user doesn't have a Troll.exe for safe keeping on their desktop. If I'm wrong, please correct me. With that said, I plan to purchase a new computer in a few months, so how would I transfer all the models from one machine to the new one? Your expertise is appreciated. Thanks.

AJ2112

Hi, I plan to build a new system within the next few weeks. Very good question actually. I was planning to transfer everything to external drive, hope that works :)

Novica

My Dell computer was old and going ka-put, and I bought a Samsung and had to transfer the files over- but I just did the products though, as I had already installed the 4.5 on the Samsung. The external hard drive worked nicely.

Daniel.Helzer

So, I guess, if you install Daz on a new computer and then copy the "My Library" from Users > My Documents over from the old drive to the new one, everything should be fine? Or will that royally screw up the program? Any thoughts is appreciated. Thanks.

Szark

Try this is may be helpful http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/5639/

Proxima Shining

Daniel.Helzer said:

Hi I'm fairly new to Daz. Anyhow, I have purchased a couple models and the files are a direct install. By that, I mean, the user doesn't have a Troll.exe for safe keeping on their desktop. If I'm wrong, please correct me. With that said, I plan to purchase a new computer in a few months, so how would I transfer all the models from one machine to the new one? Your expertise is appreciated. Thanks.

Copy & paste? And then correct inside of DAZ Studio on your new PC the path to your MyLibrary folder (which would be probably a bit different, since your PC might have a different name, which is part of that path).

Anyway, if you bought the items in DAZ store, then you surely must have available all files necessary for a reinstall. If you bought them elsewhere, I wonder which site it could be that does not allow you to keep the installer.

Daniel.Helzer

Ok, I see. I typically just do a run install. However, after reading your statement, I went into my downloads folder and saw the exe file. I will keep that file in a separate folder along with any additional models I buy from DAZ. Thanks for the info :)