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clrmame Discussion / rom loss
« on: 09 June 2012, 23:58 »
that program is awesome... and ive been using it for nearly its begining. thanks Roman.
i upgraded to WinXP two months before, i was using Win98 (it was capable what i need, but not any more) while clrmame hasnt supported for a long time and i stucked old version of clrmame which was quiet adequate.
Yesterday i tried version 4.05 with data for mame0.146, scan result was a long list..
i downloaded some update packs and meanwhile i thought it was a good idea to establish new HDD for only mame. I constructed necessary folder tree corresponding to system (with bios names) but i forgot the match "standard" folder for standard roms in system tab for rebuild.
and clicked to rebuild...
after 1 hour, despite i saw most of my standard roms found as "matched" and "created" nothing was there in target "standard" folder in new HDD. i couldnt find any trace of all those roms. i lost nearly 20 GB roms (nothing to worry i downloaded all over again
).
but now i hesitate to use clrmame with possibility of rom loss.
what was wrong...
1. is it possible clrmame deletes matched roms with the checking of "remove matched sourcefiles" even it doesnt create or move any roms in rebuild mission.
2. is that a fault; although clrmame says there are "skipped" roms, remains nothing in source folder again with the checking of "remove matched sourcefiles".
thanks in advance, all for better clrmame
i upgraded to WinXP two months before, i was using Win98 (it was capable what i need, but not any more) while clrmame hasnt supported for a long time and i stucked old version of clrmame which was quiet adequate.
Yesterday i tried version 4.05 with data for mame0.146, scan result was a long list..
i downloaded some update packs and meanwhile i thought it was a good idea to establish new HDD for only mame. I constructed necessary folder tree corresponding to system (with bios names) but i forgot the match "standard" folder for standard roms in system tab for rebuild.
and clicked to rebuild...
after 1 hour, despite i saw most of my standard roms found as "matched" and "created" nothing was there in target "standard" folder in new HDD. i couldnt find any trace of all those roms. i lost nearly 20 GB roms (nothing to worry i downloaded all over again
).but now i hesitate to use clrmame with possibility of rom loss.
what was wrong...
1. is it possible clrmame deletes matched roms with the checking of "remove matched sourcefiles" even it doesnt create or move any roms in rebuild mission.
2. is that a fault; although clrmame says there are "skipped" roms, remains nothing in source folder again with the checking of "remove matched sourcefiles".
thanks in advance, all for better clrmame