Upgrading over bumpy roads

[MacDaddy]

Thanks in advance for any advice that can be provided from the collective wisdom on the board today.

I've got an old Sage install (my dear friend FRANKENTIVO) that has reached the end of it's life. The M/B in my old machine lost it's embedded ethernet adapter and I've been creating a new machine for TIVON8TR.

All of FRANKENTIVO's guts are on the floor, so there's not much of a chance of starting him up again. Also the M/B is changed significantly, so just plugging in the old disk to boot up the new M/B would be a pain. TIVON8TR has a bare, clean install of SageV6 working with 2 PVR250s and a AverMedia 180 HD card.

Q1 - As this is an upgrade, I've received my upgrade key. It won't work without the old key or a functioning older installation. I've got an email off to Frey asking for the old keys (don't ask - I'm old, I drink too much and I've slept since last using the keys). In the mean time, do any of you gurus have an idea of how to activate SageV6 while my prior install is lying on the floor?

Q2 - Is it possible to bring over the personality of FRANKENTIVO to TIVON8TR at a later time? Do I just copy over the old wiz.bin and .properties file and the new SageV6 will convert?

Thanks again for any advice.

[Opus4]

Originally Posted by MacDaddy

Q1 - As this is an upgrade, I've received my upgrade key. It won't work without the old key or a functioning older installation. I've got an email off to Frey asking for the old keys (don't ask - I'm old, I drink too much and I've slept since last using the keys). In the mean time, do any of you gurus have an idea of how to activate SageV6 while my prior install is lying on the floor?

Not unless you know what your original license key is, since you have to enter it before entering the upgrade key. Once you have it, print it out & file it for future reference.

Q2 - Is it possible to bring over the personality of FRANKENTIVO to TIVON8TR at a later time? Do I just copy over the old wiz.bin and .properties file and the new SageV6 will convert?

There's a FAQ entry for moving to a new system w/all the old recordings & so on. If you don't need the actual recordings, the biggest thing you need is just the wiz.bin file.

- Andy