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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
I'm not sure if this is possible, but I was hoping I would be able the data of a project in progress to my USBKey.
I'm hoping to put some school computers to work during my spare, but I can't finish a project in the slightly-longer-than-an-hour duration that is a period. Also, my school uses DeepFreeze, which, among other things, purges the hard drives of the computers to what they were when originally imaged. I have to intstall the Windows Agent each time I want to use it, and when I turn the computer off, all the data will be gone. Thus, I'm wondering if saving the data folders to my usbkey would be enough to be able to restart a project the next day, on a fresh install of the Windows Agent. Thanks |
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SpaceCat
Advanced Cruncher Joined: Nov 23, 2005 Post Count: 115 Status: Offline |
I haven't tried running the agent from a usb drive yet, but don't see why it wouldn't work.
----------------------------------------I have moved the entire WCG folder from one machine to another but have only run it on the HD.... Sounds like experiment time..... Going to go play... back in a few..  [Edit] O.K., copied the WCG folder from my main system to USB drive. Plugged the lil sucker into the notebook, and started UD.exe... Picked up at the same %completed as when I shut it down on the main rig. So, yes WCG agent will run from USB drive. Recommend right click/exit on the agent before removing the device to ensure progress is saved properly.  [Edit 1 times, last edit by SpaceCat at Dec 1, 2005 11:12:15 PM] |
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SpaceCat
Advanced Cruncher Joined: Nov 23, 2005 Post Count: 115 Status: Offline |
One last thought ...
----------------------------------------You may run into a firewall if a unit is completed while you are at school that will prevent the agent from being able to send/recieve work. Only thing I can say for that is you may have to wait till you get home to let it pull the transfer. |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Thanks for testing that out for me SpaceCat.
I'm able to download my projects while at school, so I assume I would also be able to upload them. However, if that fails, I will, as you suggested, try to upload from home. I'll have to grab another computer to do this from, however, since I don't use windows on my PC. No biggie. Thanks again! |
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