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Transfer Daz to a new computer?

bstanlebstanle Posts: 71
in Daz Studio Discussion

Hi,

I'm sure that this has been asked many times...

How do I transfer DAZ files and my user files to a new computer?

Bill Stanley

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  • SofaCitizenSofaCitizen Posts: 1,896

    Well, there are a few ways. You could just install from scratch on the new machine and download everything again - that's not very efficient tho.

    An alternative way is to copy everything across if you have a way to do that - either external drive or via networking.

    The steps below are assuming you are using DIM (Daz Install Manager). They might also work if you are Daz Central. However, please ignore this post if you use Daz Connect - i.e. if you log into your account within Daz Studio since it probably won't work.

    1. Go into Content DB Maintenance via the top-right corner menu of the Smart Content, select export metadata and click apply - this backs up any changes you have made to Smart Content (metadata)
    2. Copy the entire Library base folder to the new computer
    3. Copy any additional base libraries you may have to the new computer ("Render Library", "My Library", "Third Party Content" etc)
    4. Copy your DIM manifest files to a similar location on the new computer. If you do not know where these live, check the advanced settings within DIM for the path.
    5. Copy your DIM downloaded packages to a similar location on the new computer.
    6. Configure DIM on the new computer - set the base folder to the newly copied location and also set the appropriate manifest and download locations.
    7. Restart DIM to make sure it has found all the installed files you are expecting
    8. Open Daz Studio on the new machine and within the Content Library panel add the base folder to both "Daz Studio Formats" and "Poser Formats" (for older products)
    9. Add any additional base libraries from step 2
    10. Expand the base library/libraries within Content Library to ensure you see the copied products shown.
    11. Under the top-right corner menu in the Smart Content panel go to Content DB Maintenance again. This time pick re-import metadata and process metadata queue and click apply. This will then show you a long list of all your installed products with the box next to them checked. Click Apply. This will now recreate all you Smart Content from the XML files in runtime/support.
    12. Make a cup of tea - depending on how many products you own the above process will take a while (10, 20 or maybe 30 minutes).
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