Move HS4 to new PC

[email68]

What's the best way to move my HS4 to a new PC and keep all my plugin's, licensing, and programming?

[langenet]

Backup/copy your HS4 directory. On new PC, install HS4. Shutdown, then copy over top the installed HS4 your HS4 folder, then restart.

[kenm]

Make sure you shutdown HS on the "source PC before making the backup/copy. Otherwise, there may be locked files that don't get into the backup. This is particularly troublesome for plugins that use databases as they seem to keep them locked for writing.

[langenet]

This begs the question- does BLbackup work with HS4? How does it handle open files?

[randy]

This begs the question- does BLbackup work with HS4? How does it handle open files?

Yes, it works under HS4. It doesn’t handle 3rd party databases at all. While I still use BLBackup so that I can get individual files easily, my real goto is Macirum Reflect. It uses Microsoft’s volume shadow copy. It takes a snapshot and properly copies in use files. It also provides file by file or an entire partition restoration. Acronis also offers the same.

Windows 10 still supports and offers “Backup and Restore (Windows 7)” which supports volume shadow services. You could use that and setup a Windows task.

[email68]

Great. Thanks!