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| Registered: June 1, 2007 | | Posts: 5 |
| | Posted: | | | | After moving to a new laptop, in Windows XP, I am trying to restore from my backup file, which I can see on my Desktop entitled "backup.dpb" and which the Properties window says is 63.9 MB in size.
I have about 400 DVD's in my database. Is 63.9 MB a reasonable size file?
But when I try to restore in DVD Profiler > File > Restore Database > and then Browse to my Desktop the "backup.dpb" file is NOT visible in the Open window (only other File Folders are) and therefore I cannot restore.
What is weird is that I DID successfully restore from this "backup.dpb" file last week in another laptop. I have tried to restore from both the removable media CD disc and after dragging the backup.dpb file on to the Desktop several times.
Why can I see the "backup.dpb" on the Desktop but not from the DVD Profler Restore Database Open Window?
Can anyone help?
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Chris |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 6,745 |
| | Posted: | | | | Is there a possibility that this is not the actual backup file but a shortcut to it (a backup.pdb.lnk file) that just looks like the backup file?
Or have you tried to move the file to a different location (e.g. "My Files") and restore it from there? | | | Karsten
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| Registered: June 9, 2007 |  Posts: 1,208 |
| | Posted: | | | | That file size seems very small. I have a backup file containing 77 profiles and that is over 200MB, but strangely the backup file of my main db contains nearly 1600 profiles but is only 582MB  . Until someone else posts something more helpful could you try restoring you backup file into the other laptop that it worked on then making another backup and seeing if that is seen. Only other thing I can think of is re-installing DVDP. |
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| Registered: April 4, 2007 | | Posts: 887 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting MarEll: Quote:
That file size seems very small. I have a backup file containing 77 profiles and that is over 200MB, but strangely the backup file of my main db contains nearly 1600 profiles but is only 582MB You probably have a lot of headshots which might take up half of the 200MB. | | | | - Jan |
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| Registered: June 9, 2007 | | Posts: 1,208 |
| | Posted: | | | | There's hardly any cast/crew info for the smaller backup let alone headshots. The main db backup on the other hand has more or less the full HSMDB. Cover scans aren't huge either. |
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| Registered: April 4, 2007 | | Posts: 887 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting MarEll: Quote:
There's hardly any cast/crew info for the smaller backup let alone headshots. The main db backup on the other hand has more or less the full HSMDB. Cover scans aren't huge either. The 77 profile backup still contains the full HSMDB unless you removed them or never imported them (if its a separate database). | | | | - Jan |
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| Registered: June 9, 2007 | | Posts: 1,208 |
| | Posted: | | | | Nope, totally separate database. |
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| Registered: June 1, 2007 | | Posts: 5 |
| | Posted: | | | | Weird! Somehow, my DVD Profiler backup.dpb file changed from a "DPB" file type to to a "BAK" file type in the Properties description. That must be why DVD Profiler can't recognize the file (see my initial post at the top of this thread).
Does anyone know what would cause the change and whether there is any way to convert it back to a "DPB" file type?
In the meantime, I reverted back to my last good backup.dpb file, and restored as of 11-1-08, thus losing all of my DVD Profiler database changes since. The 11-1-08 backup.dpb file is 50.1 MB. The more recent problematic backup.dpb.BAK file is 63.9 MB, so that does confirm that the size of the unrecognized file is the appropriate size for my database. Now if I can just get DVDProfiler to recognize it somehow! |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 350 |
| | Posted: | | | | Just rename it. DVD Profiler will rename a backup pdb file to *.bak when you click "yes" on the "There is a pre-existing file here, what do you want me to do?" popup when you are making a backup ... (program isn't in front of me, sorry) | | | | -fred |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 6,745 |
| | Posted: | | | | As FredLocks said, renaming files to *.bak is a common practice of programs when you try to create the same file again. It's basically a backup of your backup file.
DVD Profiler will create it if you backup your database and use the same filename as before. | | | Karsten
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