A while back I lost 2 harddrives that had my poser contents (exe, zips and rar) on it.

I had all my runtimes on another harddrive and it was still good

My question is (I can not find in through the search) is there some way to copy all the related contents back into a rar or zip file?

Does the obj file list where all the related contents is stored?

I hope I made since

Steve

Start from the pp2 cr2 hr2 sources those will have texture map and geometry references

JimTS

Thank you for the info. I guess I won't try to put everything back in rar or zip...it would take forever

Thanks again

If you have content purchased from DAZ, you can reset your account downloads and redownload the files.  You will need to check other sites for this option.  I do know Content Paradise offers it through a protection plan.

DAZ content can be redownloaded and installed automatically using DAZ Install Manager, which can be downloaded free at DAZ.  Renderosity purchases can be gotten from your account here.

It may be because I am paranoid but I back up all my Zip and Rar files as well as having a back up of my runtimes drive.  As my library lists has a date field I save all the files in folders related to the date (year and month) so they are easy to find.  It takes a few minutes extra each time I purchase something but I have had some items I have lostin the past and the web site I purchased from no longer exists so it is a small cost to pay.

Not sure if this is the solution you want.

1. You can back up your data on DVD's or on another hardrive.

2. You can create an image of your hard drive.

there is a script in p7 / scripts ~ utility~ collect scene inventory

it will "dump" everything used in a scene to a folder

(I use it to get stuff to other programs)

it wont maintain the runtime structure so you would have to rebuild that

but for anything where re setting the download link wont work

it might help

The two harddrives I lost had the same data on them they were back up of each other. Like a idiot I had then both installed in one computer, but for about 7 months now I back up everything on 3 external drives.

I have already (about 7 months ago) reset my downloads from daz, etc, but that isn't everything

heddheld - that is a good Idea, I think I will do that....Thank you

Quote - The two harddrives I lost had the same data on them they were back up of each other. Like a idiot I had then both installed in one computer, but for about 7 months now I back up everything on 3 external drives.

The three external drives are a good idea.  I have one drive in my working area, one in a safe and one held at another location.  Each contains a backup of all the downloads in zip or rar format, a copy of my runtimes folders and a copy of all my work.  In addition there is a copy of all the photographs I have taken since I moved from film to digital photography.  After all there is no way of re-downloading my photographs.  The one off-site is to cover off either a fire or burglary at my home.

The other aspect is how these are stored with the aim of not taking an age to back up on a regular basis but allows easy uploading of the data should the worse happen.  I use Karen's Replicator, which is free for private use.  This maintains the folder structure but only backs up the changes since the last backup.  When I built my new computer some time ago I loaded it with Windows 7 and then copied the Runtime back up to a new harddrive.  It took hours but thankfully, using the replicator I was able to start the copy and go to bed, something not possible if you have to sit feeding the computer with sequential DVDs.  Next morning I had a new machine with all my Poser stuff just as before.  I was really pleased, a new machine built and ready to be used to the full in 24 hours.