Reinstallation questions

[nathanaa]

Greetings all,

I donated to the DVD-RB fund last summer or early last autumn, and almost immediately after doing so my computer fritzed out on me.

I just got it back after months of tech's trying to figure out what was wrong. I reloaded most of my software and such, including DVD-RB, even though I know my version is really old. The version I was using is v.84 I believe. I have several emails with DVD-RB Pro info telling me where to download it from.

My first and main question is, is the file that I download the "Full Installer" or do I get that somewhere else? I'm hesitant to run it before I find this out. I'd like to be able to run an installer that would install everything for me, as I'm no programmer or highly-tech savvy type.

My second question is, if I install the Pro version will it overwrite my old free version (which I know how to use, and know that it works)? Or install itself separately?

Thanks for any assistance folks, it is greatly appreciated.

[jdobbs]

Definitely use the full installer. It will do all the configuration for you.

0.84 is really, really old... The latest version is v1.061 -- and v1.07 is coming out very soon. Make sure you download the most recent version.

[nathanaa]

Thanks jdobbs for the quick reply - so then, is that file I dl'd today (from the link in the email from you) the "Full Installer"? I just want to make sure I understand, thanks.

[Rippraff]

Yes, take this one Your copy of the the fully installable version of DVD-RB is available at (including updates):
And you can install it to a different folder if you want to keep your free version.
But I'm pretty sure you will never use the free again. ;)

Cu Rippraff

[nathanaa]

Thanks Rippraff, much appreciated. I'm going to give the new DVD-RB a shot later this week. Thanks all.

[nathanaa]

I just got the email about the 1.07.1 update - if I only download the Update file, are there instructions within that file on where and how to install the update? Or is there somewhere here in the forum I can find that info? Any help greatly appreciated, thanks!

[jdobbs]

I'd highly recommend you always download the installer... zip file is only there for folks who have really, really slow connections.

[nathanaa]

Ah, ok. Then I'll go for the full installer version. I hope that it keeps the settings from the previous installed version?

[jdobbs]

If you have settings that you want to keep -- answer "No" when asked whether to overwrite your INI file.

[phædrus]

I'm glad I read this thread. I had tended to use the smaller update files. But you said the preferred method is the full installer. I haven't upgraded since the release candidate just before the official release, since I haven't been using the program very much in the past few months. I have downloaded all the updates, though.

I'm afraid there will be so many changes I'll have to go through a learning curve. Oh well, onward and upward.

[jdobbs]

If using the Installer all you have to download is the lastest version -- all updates are included.

[blutach]

If not, be careful where you install stuff. EG 1.07.2 has eclpro.exe and HCBatch.exe going into different sub-folders than the main files.

Regards