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Message 10017 - Posted: 25 Feb 2005, 19:05:41 UTC
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I recently had a local disk problem and lost my entire BOINC directory. Looking in my RESULTS page, I see I still have some <b>in progress</b> work units signed out to me. How do I get them back to me so I can reprocess them or how do I tell the server that I'm no longer working them?
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Message 10019 - Posted: 25 Feb 2005, 19:36:10 UTC

Sadly, there is no way of asking the server to reallocate the same WUs to you. The only way to go back to them would be if you had a backup - and if you had you would not be asking the question :(
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Message 10023 - Posted: 25 Feb 2005, 20:11:44 UTC - in response to Message 10019.  

&gt; Sadly, there is no way of asking the server to reallocate the same WUs to you.
&gt; The only way to go back to them would be if you had a backup - and if you had
&gt; you would not be asking the question :(
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Actually, I do have a backup but I didn't realize what was happening until a few days after I reinstalled BOINC and reattached to all of my projects. Each project has the same problem and each is now processing a new set or WUs.

My problem is that I do not know enough about the <b>client_state.xml</b> file to attempt modifying it to merge the new WUs and the old WUs.
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Message 10025 - Posted: 25 Feb 2005, 22:08:50 UTC - in response to Message 10023.  


&gt; My problem is that I do not know enough about the <b>client_state.xml</b> file
&gt; to attempt modifying it to merge the new WUs and the old WUs.
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The ability to do this would be very useful, but sadly it just isn't possible.

So far as CPDN is concerned, you could restore the backup of the BOINC folder and carry on, swapping it with the current WU, but when running multi-project that presents its own complications.
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Message 10211 - Posted: 2 Mar 2005, 14:15:12 UTC - in response to Message 10023.  

fyi: I was able to restore the older WU and modify the <b>client_state.xml</b> file so that my current WU was preserved and my older WU is recognized and <i>Ready to run</i>.
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