Installation and Upgrading
Backup and Restore

Here are some common questions and answers installation of LOGic, moving LOGic from one computer to another, and upgrading from previous versions. See also LOGic's help for information on upgrading from previous versions.. If you need to read this page, please consider upgrading to LOGic 7.

The dog ate my LOGic CD. My hard disk crashed. I reinstalled LOGic, but can't get past the license screen. Please help!

You need to order your own copy of LOGic!

But, if you are a legitimate customer, and have misplaced your CD-ROM or have any other installation problems related to installation, please contact us. We can ask you a few questions and get you into LOGic without the CD.

I got a new computer. Can I copy the data, setup, and other changes I made to LOGic to my new computer?

Sure. There are several ways to accomplish this:

Copy your whole installation

This is the best way to get LOGic set up on your new computer, without having to set up everything from scratch.

First, copy the whole LOGIC folder (C:\LOGIC8 for instance) from your old computer to your new computer.

You cannot just copy the old LOGic directory and expect it to run, since files have to be installed in windows\system and registered, so install the CD on top of the folder you just copied. LOGic should now run on your new computer, complete with all of your data, setup, and updates.

Note that you will experience errors if the new computer is lacking hardware that LOGic uses on the old computer. For example, suppose that you had an Icom on COM12 of your old computer. Your new computer does not have COM12. LOGic will complain that it there is no COM12 when you start it. Just go to rig setup and specify the proper port.

After installing the CD, be sure to install the latest downloadable update. Click here.

If you want to copy only certain things, here is a summary of the files to copy:

The .INI files contain most of the setup entered in tools/setup.
The lists of valid values are in logdata\lists.*
The prefixes are in data\prefix.*
The radio memories are in logdata\radiomem.*
The reports are in the REPORT folder, and are named whatever you named them. Note that each report has two files--log.rep and log.fpt for example.
Log screens are in the LOGDATA\LOGFORMS folder, and are named whatever you named them,
The log data is in logdata\log*.*. The log data is in the files log.dbf, log.fpt, log_bio.dbf, log_bio.ftt, log_pictures.dbf, and log_pictures.fpt. The actual pictures are in the log_pictures folder inside the logdata folder.

Note that if you use CD/R to copy files from one computer to another, the read-only bit will be set. LOGic will give an error "cannot update cursor". Be sure to remove the read-only status of all files.

If you have Windows XP, Right-click the LOGic folder, and clear the READ-ONLY checkbox. When asked, tell it you want to APPLY CHANGES TO FOLDER, SUBFOLDERS, AND FILES.

If you have some earlier version of Windows, use the DOS command prompt. CD into the LOGIC folder, then type

ATTRIB -R *.* /S

Moving just the log data from one computer to another

To transfer your log data from one installation of LOGic to another, simply do a backup on one computer, and a restore on the other (tools/backup/restore). Back up to a floppy diskette or thumb drive, carry it to the other computer, and restore. Using the Advanced tab of backup/restore, you can back up and restore using a shared network drive.

You may also import your log data from tools/import. See above for the location of the log data files.

I cannot use LOGic's backup feature to back up to a CD-R or CD-RW. It complains that no media is present, the media is read-only, not formatted, etc.

You cannot write directly to a CD-R/RW or DVD-R/RW with LOGic. These devices appear to Windows to be read-only devices, and cannot be written to by the Windows file system. (If you don't believe us, right-click the drive icon in My Computer, and check the free space).

You can write to the CD only by using the software and drivers that came with the drive, or some similar CD/DVD creation utility or backup software. So, tell LOGic to do a backup to C:\, then write the file to CD using the instructions provided with your CD writing software. LOGic's default backup file name is currently LOGBACKUP5.PDABACKUP.

WIndows XP and later has built-in support for writing to CD/DVD-R/RW. Right-click the file you want to write to CD, then select Send to, then your CD drive. Further instructions will appear on your screen.

Flash drives are an inexpensive, convenient, and reusable media for LOGic's backups. LOGic and any other program will write to them just like a real drive. LOGic 7.0.100 and later permits you to write multiple backups to the same volume.