• SONAR
  • Lost CD of old Sonar?
2015/03/12 20:54:39
michael diemer
I'm still on 8.5, and recently got to thinking, what happens if I lost everything in a fire - my computer, all backups and installation CD's? Is it possible to download this version of Sonar? I assume the CD's don't exist anymore.
2015/03/12 21:03:38
scook
8.5 was the first version available for download. The only download version which was not a complete version of SONAR, it requires 8.0 be installed. The disks on the other hand are a full version.
2015/03/12 21:09:40
michael diemer
I'm confused. I have the boxed CD version of Sonar 8.5 Producer. Before that I had 8.5 Studio, and before that Sonar 6.
2015/03/12 21:15:10
scook
The boxed 8.5 is a full version.
 
The boxed version of 8.0 had to be installed prior to running the 8.5 download upgrade. This reduced the size of the 8.5 upgrade. There never was a full download version of 8.5.
 
Full download versions started with X1.
2015/03/12 21:42:48
Anonymungus!
I am not an authority on the subject, but I'm pretty sure they don't offer older versions any more, either download or CD. I may be wrong.
  (time to upgrade?)
2015/03/13 00:17:11
mudgel
It is easy enough to make backup copies of your installation discs. It is permitted by the Sonar licence and as with most computer software is recommended.
2015/03/13 00:33:16
michael diemer
Thanks guys. I will make backups of my CD's. but I'll need to keep them somewhere else - maybe on the cloud if that is doable. I guess another option is an image, but that too would need to be somewhere else, so it also is not consumed by the theoretical fire.
2015/03/13 00:36:34
mudgel
If you're going to back up to the cloud then there's no need to have duplicate discs
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