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Backing up and restoring your settings and data Overview Hauptwerk has built-in functionality to backup your settings and personal Hauptwerk data and to restore them again. If you use the backup function periodically then you should be able to get your settings and data back easily in the future in case your computer's hard-disk fails and needs to be replaced, or if your computer gets a virus, or if your computer needs to be re-installed for any other reason. The backup/restore functions can also be used to copy your settings from one computer or Hauptwerk configuration to another. The backup and restore functions are found on the File menu in Hauptwerk. File | Backup your current Hauptwerk settings and personal data always makes a backup copy of all of your Hauptwerk settings and other personal data (organ combinations, voicing, Custom Organ Design Module organs and log files) into a single compressed file, which can be written to CD/DVD or emailed easily. If you ever need to, you can then restore that backup at a later date by using the File | Restore your current Hauptwerk settings or personal data from a backup menu function. Important: Please use the backup function periodically, and especially once you have configured Hauptwerk as you want it, and then whenever you have made a significant number of changes to your settings, organ combinations, voicing or other personal data in the future. Please store any backup files you make securely somewhere external to your computer, in case your computer's hard-disk needs to be re-installed for any reason. For example, write any backup files you make to DVDs or CDs and keep them in a safe place. You should then easily be able to get all of your Hauptwerk settings and personal data back again at any point in the future. Make sure you give the backup files meaningful names when prompted so that you can easily identify when they were made. Hauptwerk does not back up the sample sets themselves (although it does back up your settings that relate to them), so please also make sure you keep the original installation media for any third-party sample sets, as well as for Hauptwerk itself. You will need those if you ever need to re-install your computer. This section gives step-by-step instructions for the most common backup/restore operations. Some other backup/restore operations are possible using the Advanced restore mode. [Please note that although Crumhorn Labs makes every effort to ensure that Hauptwerk's backup/restore functionality works reliably, we would always recommend also making your own independent backups of your data for maximum possible safety.] How to make a backup Step 1. Select File | Backup your current Hauptwerk settings and personal data from the Hauptwerk menu:
Step 2. A Save as window will appear. Use it to navigate to a location in which you want the backup file to be created. For example, choose your desktop or your home folder (Mac OS X) or My Documents folder (Windows). Type a meaningful name for the backup file, so that you will be able to identify and find it later, in case you ever needed to restore it, and then click the Save button:
Step 3. After a few moments a message should appear, indicating that your backup has been created successfully, similar to this:
Note down the name you gave the file and the folder in which you saved it, so that you can find it again later. Now click the OK button to dismiss the message. If you do not see a success message, then please start again and make sure you type a name for the file when prompted, and that you select a folder that you are allowed to write to, such as you home folder (OS X) or your My Documents folder (Windows). Step 4. Now use your preferred DVD/CD writing software (or the DVD/CD writing capability built into your operating system) to write the backup file you've just created to a write-able DVD or CD. Please consult the instructions for your DVD/CD writing software if needed. When writing it to DVD/CD please make sure you select the same backup file that you have have just created from Hauptwerk, looking in the location you noted down in the last step to find it. Step 5. Once the DVD or CD has been written, please label it clearly and store it somewhere that you will be able to find it again in case you ever need to restore the backup. How to move your settings to a new/different computer or restore them after re-installing your existing computer If either:
... and you want to restore your Hauptwerk settings and personal data from a backup you made previously, so that you don't have to configure Hauptwerk again from scratch, then please follow these instructions: Step 1. First make sure that your operating system and drivers are installed properly and that all current operating system and driver updates are applied. Make sure the computer meets the Hauptwerk prerequisites. Step 2. Now install the latest version of Hauptwerk for which you have a licence, following the Hauptwerk installation instructions. You can download the latest version of Hauptwerk from the Crumhorn Labs website. There is no reason to install an old version and then upgrade in separate steps, even if you were using an older version previously. Just install the latest version directly. Step 3. Insert the DVD or CD containing the most recent backup you made of your Hauptwerk settings and personal data. Step 4. Launch Hauptwerk. Select File | Restore your current Hauptwerk settings or personal data from a backup from the Hauptwerk menu:
Step 5. When prompted for the file to restore, navigate to and select your backup file on your DVD or CD. Click Open to restore the selected backup file. Step 6. A screen ('wizard') similar to the following should appear:
Just click the Continue button. Step 7. A screen similar to the following should appear:
Just click the Done button, leaving the option selected to backup your current settings (which should all be at their defaults anyway, since you have only just installed Hauptwerk) for good measure. Step 8. A Save as window will appear. Use it to navigate to a location in which you want a backup of your current (default) settings to be created. For example, choose your desktop or your home folder (Mac OS X) or My Documents folder (Windows). Type a meaningful name for the backup file, so that you will be able to identify and find it later, in case you ever needed to restore it, and then click the Save button:
Important: Please be careful not to select the previous file that you are currently restoring, otherwise it would be overwritten! Step 9. After a few moments a message should appear, indicating that the backup of your current (default) settings has been created successfully, similar to this:
Click OK. Step 10. Now Hauptwerk will restore the backup of your previous settings that you originally selected from your DVD or CD. After a few moments a message should appear, indicating that the backup has been restored successfully, similar to this:
Click OK. Hauptwerk should close unless you are using a VST/AudioUnit plug-in configuration (in which case please un-load the Hauptwerk plug-in manually). Step 11. Launch Hauptwerk again. Hauptwerk will perform any necessary computer/configuration or platform-specific migrations automatically. Look at some of the settings screens to verify that your previous settings have now been restored properly. Step 12. Select the appropriate audio and MIDI devices for your new computer for all entries in the left-hand browse lists on each of the following screens on the General settings menu: Audio outputs, MIDI input paths and MIDI output paths (Advanced Edition). Step 13. Test and set the polyphony limit and any other performance settings for your new computer, as described in the performance tuning section. Step 14. Re-install each third-party sample set that you have using Hauptwerk's component installer. Step 15. Finally, load the sample sets and check that everything is working as expected. How to copy your settings from one configuration to another on the same computer Several independent Hauptwerk configurations are automatically created when Hauptwerk is installed, each allowing its own entirely separate set of configuration settings within Hauptwerk, and launched via different icons on the desktop, such as the Hauptwerk (stand-alone) icon and the Hauptwerk (for MIDI sequencing) icon. For more information, please see the installation background section. You can use Hauptwerk's backup/restore functionality to copy your settings from one configuration to another. To do so: Step 1. Launch the Hauptwerk configuration that you want to copy settings to. For example, open Hauptwerk using the Hauptwerk (stand-alone) icon on your desktop. Create a backup of your settings and personal data using File | Backup your current Hauptwerk settings and personal data from the Hauptwerk menu, as described in the How to make a backup instructions above (although you might choose not to bother writing the backup to a DVD/CD in this case). Backups always contain data for all configurations, so you don't need to use the source configuration separately to create the backup.
Step 2. Select File | Restore your current Hauptwerk settings or personal data from a backup from the Hauptwerk menu:
Step 3. When prompted for the file to restore, navigate to and select the backup file you created in step 1. Step 4. A screen ('wizard') similar to the following should appear:
Change the mode from Simple to Advanced then click the Continue button. Step 5. A screen similar to the following should appear:
Un-tick the options Restore organ combinations for all sample sets and Restore all Custom Organ Design Module organ definitions (since those types of data are shared between all configurations anyway, so there is no need to restore them in this case), but leave the Restore global settings (everything on the General Settings menu) and Restore organ settings (everything on the Organ Settings menu for all sample sets) options ticked (since those types of data are stored separately for each configuration). Click the Continue button. Step 6. A screen similar to the following should appear:
Change the selection to Just restore settings for this configuration .... Click the Continue button. Step 7. A screen similar to the following should appear:
Change the selection to the configuration you want to restore your settings from. Click the Continue button. Step 8 A screen similar to the following should appear:
Un-tick the option to backup your current settings for good measure since you have already just made a backup in step 1. Click the Done button. Step 9. Now Hauptwerk will restore the backup, copying the settings from your chosen source configuration into this configuration. After a few moments a message should appear, indicating that the backup of your has been restored successfully, similar to this:
Click OK. Hauptwerk should close unless you are using a VST/AudioUnit plug-in configuration (in which case please un-load the Hauptwerk plug-in manually). Step 10. Launch the target configuration of Hauptwerk again. Hauptwerk will perform any necessary computer/configuration or platform-specific migrations automatically. Look at some of the settings screens to verify that your previous settings have now been restored properly. |
