I had to reinstall Windows on a virus infected machine ...

I had about ten completed workunits that the machine couldn't send in since the virus was stopping internet access ... I know I've lost those now ...

The question is - I backed up the folder so that I could retain the downloaded workunits after having many problems getting them I didn't want to lose them lol. But it's still got the workunits that were completed in the software - I do not know how to remove them, and it's constantly trying to send them in?

Any help appreciated ...

Thanks, Sharon.

Sharon,

I'm presuming the folder you backed up is: c:/program files/BOINC.
How did you backup the folder?
How did you restore the folder?
Did you do a re-install of BOINC before restoring?

In theory, if you make a complete copy of the BOINC folder, and re-install the OS, then re-install BOINC and copy the folder back, you should be good to go..., then again, I could be wrong...

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Oops, of course you'd need to use the same OS version (incl. spacks etc.), BOINC version and computer name....
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You mean that BOINC is running? If so, then don't worry about - just wait until all the server-side problems are fixed, and your results will be sent in. You can also try to manually update: right-click on the S@H project and select Update.

I backed up the entire folder yes, then reinstalled BOINC then copied the backed up folder back in over the top of the original installation.

It hasn't been able to upload the 'left over' workunits from the previous incarnation of Windows (didn't expect it to though) ... consistently stating:

SETI@home - 2004-07-26 23:18:16 - Started upload of 02ja04ab.16221.2610.254826.84_1_0
SETI@home - 2004-07-26 23:18:38 - Temporarily failed upload of 02ja04ab.16221.2610.254826.84_1_0
SETI@home - 2004-07-26 23:18:38 - Backing off 1 minutes and 0 seconds on transfer of file 02ja04ab.16221.2610.254826.84_1_0

I tried manual update and all my other machines are sending work in okay? I don't just want to delete it all and restart since all the downloaded workunits would be lost?

I need to know how to remove these 'dangling' workunits or get them to upload?

Regards
Sharon.

> I need to know how to remove these 'dangling' workunits or get them to
> upload?

I would just leave them to error out on their own.
Either they would upload successfully, or you should eventually get a message stating that the upload could not be completed followed by a "giving up", and removal of the files.

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Do you get a message showing successful contact with the scheduler?
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you could also reset your project. this will remove ALL wu's in your cache, though. but if you cant get rid of them, this would be the way.

ttyl
Jeff (Nightowl)
All your answers in one spot:
http://setiweb.ssl.berkeley.edu/transition.php

Well BOINC seems to have just fixed itself lol - the hanging wu's have disappeared, so whether they've been sent in or been removed I don't know, but at least it's sorted out :D

I guess Ralic you were correct and they've 'errored' out on their own :D

Thanks for your responses to the problem! Appreciated!

> SETI@home - 2004-07-26 23:18:38 - Temporarily failed upload of ...

Since 2004-07-25, the project website front page has said this:
We have shutdown the schedulers and file upload handlers...

That means that the project CANNOT accept file uploads, thus you get the messages you've seen. They have turned them on for short periods over those few days, but they've been off most of the time.

They'll turn them back on again... someday.