Server crashed

jackmistriel1721 · 2014-05-01T07:10:44.000Z

Hi there,

My Spiceworks server (Runnning win XP) crashed and windows will not boot anymore (After many attempts at repairing windows).

So I took the drive and connected it to another PC and now I am able to see/copy the program files\spiceworks folder.

How can I restore the data onto a new machine?

tomwebb · 2014-05-01T07:32:32.000Z

Here’s a helpful link on moving Spiceworks to another PC: http://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/show/295-move-your-spiceworks-installation

maxsec · 2014-05-01T07:53:45.000Z

plus you need to get off XP anyway.

jackmistriel1721 · 2014-05-01T08:36:47.000Z

these instructions require a backup.

I don’t think I have a backup.

maxsec · 2014-05-01T09:50:58.000Z

it’ll normally do a backup of itself every night - check the program files\spiceworks\backup folder.

if the info’s that important why arent you backing this up anyway?

jackmistriel1721 · 2014-05-01T15:12:22.000Z

Martin,

Believe me when I tell you, I now know how valuable a backup is.

But I still want to see if there’s a way to salvage any data.

I’ve searched through the old hard drive and found no such folder program files\spiceworks\backup

Does that mean that there’s no way to restore the data? I have the DB folder and the DATA folder.

maxsec · 2014-05-02T07:53:08.000Z

you could email support@spiceworks.com but the normal how-to starts with a a backup.

Normally this happens everyday by default so someone took a decision to turn this off at some point. Of course you then to hoover this up in your normal tape/disk based backup tool as well for protection against disk failure etc.