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2016/05/19 07:28:33 (permalink)

Transferring SONAR to new laptop

I'm getting another laptop solely for music production.  Anyone have any tips for a painless migration from one laptop to another?

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    Re: Transferring SONAR to new laptop 2016/05/19 07:50:56 (permalink)
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    I'm getting another laptop solely for music production.  Anyone have any tips for a painless migration from one laptop to another?


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    Re: Transferring SONAR to new laptop 2016/05/19 10:05:43 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby jyoung60 2016/05/19 12:38:58
    I did this recently, and it was great.
    I just logged in to Sonar (and other SW vendors that I use in my DAW), and downloaded the files from my account.
    Then, i disconnected it from the internet and removed every application that I didn't want.  Including anti-virus, the last thing i want is to have that bog down my system during a great take.

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    Re: Transferring SONAR to new laptop 2016/05/19 12:26:04 (permalink)
    promidi
    What is your IT skill set?

    Very knowledgeable. The sight of command prompts and registries don't bother me.
    Mostly just wondering if there were any shortcuts to the transfer that might be unique to SONAR, to make things easier/quicker.
     
    Slugbaby
    I did this recently, and it was great.
    I just logged in to Sonar (and other SW vendors that I use in my DAW), and downloaded the files from my account.
    Then, i disconnected it from the internet and removed every application that I didn't want.  Including anti-virus, the last thing i want is to have that bog down my system during a great take.


    Thanks Slugbaby.  As for all my SONAR settings, is it a simple matter of moving the contents of the Program folder over to the new laptop?

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    Re: Transferring SONAR to new laptop 2016/05/19 12:36:24 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby jyoung60 2016/05/19 13:02:35
    Download & install CCC
     
    Run everything from there.
     
    I would NOT copy entries from your old Program folder to the new laptop.

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    Re: Transferring SONAR to new laptop 2016/05/19 16:10:22 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby jyoung60 2016/05/19 16:36:19
    If you've been storing plugin presets to the drop-down list in the upper left corner of the plugin window, make sure you export/import those presets via Plugin Manager.

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    Re: Transferring SONAR to new laptop 2016/05/19 17:29:54 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby jyoung60 2016/05/19 18:13:33
    worth a read, I did this a month ago for people just like.
    because I was doing the same thing.
    http://forum.cakewalk.com/FindPost/3410108

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    Re: Transferring SONAR to new laptop 2016/05/19 17:57:32 (permalink)
    Awesome, Chuck. Thanks for that!

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    Re: Transferring SONAR to new laptop 2016/05/20 21:03:33 (permalink)
    Okay, followed above suggestions, everything looked good until I launched SONAR for the first time on the new laptop.  That's when it crashes and I get en error: "System_Thread_Exception_Not_Handled RTKVHD64.sys", and then the laptop rebooted automatically after a few seconds.
     
    And idea how to fix that?
    post edited by jyoung60 - 2016/05/20 22:19:54

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    Re: Transferring SONAR to new laptop 2016/05/20 23:01:33 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby jyoung60 2016/05/20 23:23:46
     
    im guessing windows update.
    make sure you have all the windows updates done before using sonar.
    could be your onboard audio card is too blame
    http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_8-update/systemthreadexceptionnothandled-windows8-bsod-on/ee627528-ac99-4d32-8899-6514a2afcc31?auth=1
     
    disable it and use your audio interface.
    the "RTKVHD64.sys" is short for Realtek Video HD.
    which I believe is the audio/video sound.

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    Re: Transferring SONAR to new laptop 2016/05/21 10:29:46 (permalink)
    Updating the Realtek drivers did the trick.  Surprised I needed to do that because the laptop was refurbished by a computer shop in my town, and works well.  It came with Windows 7 but I upgraded to 10, so I thought that should have updated the drivers even if the shop didn't.  But it's all good now.  Thanks for everyone's input!

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    Re: Transferring SONAR to new laptop 2016/05/21 10:31:09 (permalink)
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    I would NOT copy entries from your old Program folder to the new laptop.


    Why not?  I'm running the latest of everything anyway.  What would copying everything over do to harm it?

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    Re: Transferring SONAR to new laptop 2016/05/21 13:15:36 (permalink)
    CC downloaders are not in program files, they are in program data.
    I think he meant other things like DDL's, EXC.
    copying the contents of the command center downloaders is fine and I suggest it to speed up installation.

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