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How do I transfer my database to another computer?

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Troy Wolbrink
on 29 Sep 2008
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Troy Wolbrink
on 13 Jan 2009
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How do I transfer my database to another computer?

How do I transfer my database to another computer?

If you know how to copy a file to another computer, you can easily transfer your TntMPD database to another computer.  It's as easy as 1, 2, 3!

1.  First of all, make sure that TntMPD is installed on the target computer.  It's best to install the latest version from the TntMPD website.

2.  Copy your TntMPD database file to your other computer.  Here are a few ideas of how you can do this:

  • Email the file (as an attachment) to yourself.  (Check with your ISP on size limits of your email.)

  • Copy the file onto a floppy disk (If the file is too large for a single disk, you can use WinZip to span the file across multiple floppies.)

  • Copy the file onto a Zip Drive, Jazz drive, CD-ROM, USB Drive, etc.

  • Copy the file onto a memory stick, compact flash memory card, etc.

  • Copy the file onto an external hard drive or a network drive.

  • Copy the file directly to another computer by establishing a peer-to-peer network two computers using Ethernet, USB or Parallel ports.

3.  Once you've copied your database file onto the other computer, move it to a folder where you keep your normal documents (such as "My Documents").  Then just double-click on it, and it will open up in TntMPD!  (HINT:  If you copied the file from a CD-ROM, be sure to right-click on the file, click on "Properties" and turn off "Read Only".)

Recent Comments

By: purplechariot Posted on 4 Jun 2009 5:15 PM

i have a question...

how do you transfer addresses from a Mac to TnTMPD?

By: Troy Wolbrink Posted on 11 Jun 2009 12:09 AM

This article describes how you can transfer addresses from another contact manager to TntMPD:

www.tntware.com/.../how-do-i-import-contacts-from-my-previous-database.aspx

By: DanielMcKee Posted on 5 Oct 2009 10:59 AM

Every time I try to transfer a database it loses all of my main information. I lost any boxes I have checked on MPD phase and all of the pledge amounts. This is what I really need on my new computer to run this effectively. Any thoughts on why I am losing all of my useful information?

By: Troy Wolbrink Posted on 5 Oct 2009 11:42 AM

How exactly are you transferring your database, Daniel?  How do you make sure you opened the right database on your new computer after you've transfered it?

By: Ryan Lindsey Posted on 21 Dec 2009 4:43 PM

I have transferred the files and they come up fine but only as "read only" files and can't be changed unless I do them on the jump drive while it is plugged into the CPU?  The database on the C: drive  is not listed as read only so where is the error coming from?

By: Troy Wolbrink Posted on 29 Dec 2009 2:04 PM

If you copy the files via CDROM, once they're copied over:  right-click on them, choose "Properties" and then uncheck the "Read Only" check box.