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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