Move Birder's Diary to a new Computer

Moving Birder's Diary to a new computer involves the following short and quick tasks.

 

Before starting, be sure to move the latest copy of your Birder's Diary backup from your older computer onto your new computer anywhere, e.g. local hard drive, CDrom, DVD, memory stick, etc. For information on copying files between systems, please see Windows Help.

 

  1. Install your licensed version of Birder's Diary onto your new computer by going to the Downloads page at www.BirdersDiary.com, if you are moving version 3.5 or later.  

    1. If you are moving an earlier version (e.g. 2.0, 2.5 or 3.0x) you must install Birder's Diary onto your new computer using your installation CDrom. The installation files for those versions are not maintained on the web site.

    2. For licensing v3.0x, be sure to get the license activation program from the bottom of the Product Info >> Upgrading from 2.x or 3.0 page at www.BirdersDiary.com.

  2. After installation, start Birder's Diary (if on Vista or Windows 7, start Birder's Diary for this step by right-clicking on the desktop icon and choosing Run as admin)  and you will be presented with the "License Information" window. Use the Unlock Now button to enter all of your purchased licenses. For complete instructions on this step see here.

  3. Use the Restore operation (File | Backup/Restore) to restore the backup file from your old system. Note: always Exit and Restart Birder's Diary after any restore operation.

 

image\Alert.gif If you receive a message during license activation indicating that you have exceeded your activations, please send e-Mail to sales@birdersdiary.com indicating this and we will be happy to reset your activation count.

 

image\ale_mrt.gif If you have no backup file or no access to your older database then you must download and re-import all of your taxonomic lists which are not included in the Demo database installed above in #1. The web site only contains the latest versions of taxonomic lists - if you do not find your licensed version, please contact support@birdersdiary.com and inform them of what you are doing and which tax lists you need.