H2oskiphil
It needs more cowbell!
I'm using Vegas, SF, and Acid...
Here's my crisis...apparently, my studio computer took a power hit, or lightning, or got whacked by an Internet worm, or something. My operating system (Win 98SE) will not start normally. I have tried repeatedly to reload the OS with no success. I can boot the computer in safe mode, though, and see all my .veg files and .wav files in their respective folders. I have been told by 2 different MSCE guys that I have to format the C: drive and start from scratch.
Here's my dilemna...I can copy all the .veg and .wav files from my storage folder on my C: drive to my D: drive (an identical, currently unused 80G HD). In fact, I've already done this. Just to make sure that they transferred OK, I downloaded a trial version of Vegas onto a different PC in my house, then tried to load a .veg file onto a floppy and play it in the good PC....no luck. I got an error message stating that the computer couldn't find the file in the specified location. But, what was interesting was that my other computer was looking for a track .wav file, not the .veg file.
Is a .veg file simply a "road map" to the series of .wav files that make up the individual tracks of a project? If so, where are the individual .wav files that make up the project stored? How can I create a backup system on my D: drive that will protect my current files (including a 16 track CD that is literally 1 week from being ready to send off to the duplicators!!!!!!!) so that the format on my C: drive will not destroy all my current files? Apparently just copying the .veg files isn't enough...do I need to copy everything out of my "Sonic Foundry" folder in the Windows Program Files directory over to the D: drive, then transfer everything back into the "new" Windows Program Files directory?
I'm afraid...very afraid!!!!!!
Thanks in advance for your answers...I want to get this thing back up and running ASAP, but not at the expense of losing my data. Speaking of which...if the .wav files that make up a .veg file are not stored in the same folder as the .veg file, how the hell are you supposed to back them up?
Here's my crisis...apparently, my studio computer took a power hit, or lightning, or got whacked by an Internet worm, or something. My operating system (Win 98SE) will not start normally. I have tried repeatedly to reload the OS with no success. I can boot the computer in safe mode, though, and see all my .veg files and .wav files in their respective folders. I have been told by 2 different MSCE guys that I have to format the C: drive and start from scratch.
Here's my dilemna...I can copy all the .veg and .wav files from my storage folder on my C: drive to my D: drive (an identical, currently unused 80G HD). In fact, I've already done this. Just to make sure that they transferred OK, I downloaded a trial version of Vegas onto a different PC in my house, then tried to load a .veg file onto a floppy and play it in the good PC....no luck. I got an error message stating that the computer couldn't find the file in the specified location. But, what was interesting was that my other computer was looking for a track .wav file, not the .veg file.
Is a .veg file simply a "road map" to the series of .wav files that make up the individual tracks of a project? If so, where are the individual .wav files that make up the project stored? How can I create a backup system on my D: drive that will protect my current files (including a 16 track CD that is literally 1 week from being ready to send off to the duplicators!!!!!!!) so that the format on my C: drive will not destroy all my current files? Apparently just copying the .veg files isn't enough...do I need to copy everything out of my "Sonic Foundry" folder in the Windows Program Files directory over to the D: drive, then transfer everything back into the "new" Windows Program Files directory?
I'm afraid...very afraid!!!!!!
Thanks in advance for your answers...I want to get this thing back up and running ASAP, but not at the expense of losing my data. Speaking of which...if the .wav files that make up a .veg file are not stored in the same folder as the .veg file, how the hell are you supposed to back them up?