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| Registered: December 1, 2007 | | Posts: 3 |
| | Posted: November 13, 2008 8:27 PM | | | | Hi all,
Opened DVD profiler on my Vista machine and there was nothing showing - no database. I have not moved it/deleted it Im sure, theres also nothing in the recycled bin either.
I know it sits in the user/documents/DVD Profiler/, but what is the default database called and its extension, is it a dat file?
Only backed up six months ago, have a RAID5 array so dont back up that often. Gutted at the moment as I have not moved anything, at the moment Im blaming the kids. | | | | Last edited: November 13, 2008 8:28 PM by Glugwine |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 6,749 |
| | Posted: November 13, 2008 8:30 PM | | | | If you have a default installation you should have a "DVD Profiler" folder in your "My Files" folder. There's a folder "Databases" and there again is a folder "Default".
Among other things there should be a collection.dat file, many other .dat and .idx files and an image folder. | | | Karsten
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 1,946 |
| | Posted: November 13, 2008 8:31 PM | | | | Open DVD Profiler
File --> open database --> browse
browse to c:\users\username\documents\dvd profiler\databases\default
See if you can find a collection.dat file in that location. Select it, then click open. | | | View my collection at http://www.chriskepolis.be/home/dvd.htm
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| Registered: December 1, 2007 | | Posts: 3 |
| | Posted: November 13, 2008 8:37 PM | | | | Thanks for that, all I have is a empty database there, for the last year Ive kept notes and viewing logs etc and updated all the piccys and it looks like its all gone. I cannot work out where or how though. The images folder is empty.....800 DVD records Looks like for some obscure act of god its gone! Time to get the USB barcode scanner out  |
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| Registered: May 9, 2008 |  Posts: 467 |
| | Posted: November 13, 2008 8:39 PM | | | | Quoting Glugwine: Quote:
Thanks for that, all I have is a empty database there, for the last year Ive kept notes and viewing logs etc and updated all the piccys and it looks like its all gone. I cannot work out where or how though. The images folder is empty.....800 DVD records
Looks like for some obscure act of god its gone!
Time to get the USB barcode scanner out You collection on-line has a lot of titles on it. I would download your on-line collection first before scanning all of it back in. |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 820 |
| | Posted: November 13, 2008 8:40 PM | | | | Do a search on your HDD for *.DAT |
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| Registered: December 1, 2007 | | Posts: 3 |
| | Posted: November 13, 2008 8:53 PM | | | | Quoting Telecine: Quote:
Do a search on your HDD for *.DAT Just tried that and found them....  They were in \user\my games\DVD profiler..odd as I never moved them Thanks guys just doing a backup now |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,394 |
| | Posted: November 14, 2008 6:19 AM | | | | Quoting Glugwine: Quote:
Quoting Telecine:
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Do a search on your HDD for *.DAT
Just tried that and found them....
They were in \user\my games\DVD profiler..odd as I never moved them
Thanks guys just doing a backup now I'd recommend you do backups more often than 6 month intervals, regardless of your RAID array. If your DVD purchasing habits are anything like those of the rest of us, you probably got a fair number of new titles in the last 6 months. Re-scanniing around 800 DVDs would involve a significant amount effort. Glad to hear you didn't have to do it. | | | Another Ken (not Ken Cole)
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