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doust:
Can anyone help please, my laptop recieved the black screen of death, and had to be replaced.

Thankfully I did back all PVDB on both USB and in my documents, alas when I try and restore my PVDB on my new laptop it either comes up as files already in use, or when doing it via the empty PVDB home-page it cannot find any back up files in the PVDB folder?

Thanks in anticipation

nostra:
How did you make a backup?
Check that there are no instances of PVD running when restoring the backup by copying the file.

doust:
If I open it straight from back up location it comes up "Could not create back up file. Movies. pvd already exists

If I use the PVDB primary page (blank and unused) The restore is blanked out?

If I use open folder, it comes up with a bug report "an error has occurred" close application etc?

If I use the primary page and if rarely the restore button appears, when I use the find file facility there are no back up files, although I know they are in that particular file?

I have even placed the two files movies (with clapperboard logo) and movies.pvd (type OLD) in the programs (x64) folder, but still it cannot find them or start up.

I fully appreciate this is annoying you, but not as much as the hassle I have had and not having my favorite program up and running :)

Cheers

nostra:
So how did you create the backup in the first place?

doust:
Hi Nostra, I used the backup facility on the main page of PVDB, to a SD card inserted in the port of my laptop, and also in "my Documents" along with the normal backup to the folder in programs buddy.

(yes I am paranoiac over losing this data as I have over 3,000 films listed, not including those which I have sold but remain hidden from view and not deleted from the system).  :)

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