How to Move ABELDent to a new Destination MDB

Summary:

The following are steps that will enable you to move ABELDent to a different computer or drive on existing computer.

Preparation:

1. Check the version of ABELDent by -clicking on Help and selecting About
2. ABELDent Get the ABELDent CD for the current version you are using for software installation

Steps:

Moving ABELDent to another Drive on same computer

1. Double-click My Computer
2. Double-click on the Drive where ABELDent resides
3. Single-click on ABELDent folder
4. Click on Edit menu and choose Copy
5. Move to the root of drive where you would like ABELDent to reside
6. Click on Edit menu and choose Paste (the entire ABELDent folder will now copy over, this could take several minutes)
7. After the copy is complete go back to ABELDent folder in its original location

8. Right-click on original ABELDent folder and select Sharing and Security
9. Click to select Do not share this folder option
10. Click OK
11. Single-click on the original ABELDent folder
12. Click on File menu and choose Re-name.
13. Type in ABELDentold
14. Press Enter key (The folder is now re-named and will stop possibility of being used by error)
15. Re-install ABELDent software (Refer to installation instructions provided with ABELDent software)

*** Note: Ensure that the new drive letter is indicated as new path upon re-installation ie., d:\ABELDent

Moving ABELDent to another Computer

1. Use a media device to back up the entire ABELDent folder ie., Tape, CD, Zip or other
2. Use that media to restore ABELDent to C: drive on the new computer
3. If all computers are networked you can copy the entire ABELDent folder over the Network to the C drive on the new computer.
4. Install the ABELDent application (the same version that you were using on your original computer) over top of the transferred data on the new computer (Refer to installation instructions provided with ABELDent software)