[Virtualacorn-list] Moving VA

[T.O.M.S.]

On Mon Apr 21 23:29:36 BST 2014, Chris Newman cvjazz at waitrose.com 
sayeth:

> I've copied VA on my XP Laptop to
> a new partition I created

> what's the best way of deleting that initial copy. Should I simply
> delete the VirtualAcorn folder, or would it be best to use the
> uninstaller provided?

You could simply either delete the original VirtualAcorn folder, or 
use the uninstaller. Take your pick.

But not wishing to teach granny to suck eggs, don't forget that you 
may need to tell the rest of the kit where the working installation 
has been moved to. For example, any subsequent VirtualRPC update files 
will fail to install unless you change the leafname, ditto UniScan's 
UniServer-Paths, and the like.


*However*, is there any reason why you particular wish to delete the 
original?

If not, can I suggest (indeed, recommend) that you leave it in place 
and simply rename it to something like "VirtualAcorn (BackUp)". For 
ease of access, you could set up a mount for it so that the (BackUp) 
copy of HardDisc4 appears on the RISC OS icon bar.

Then if something 'orrible happens to your working copy in the new 
partition (from a total failure, right down to a single corrupted 
file), you've got a ready-to-run copy in the original location. 
Disaster recovery could take only a few moments. You can't have too 
many copies. HTH.


Alex Hamilton
pp T.O.M.S. 



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