Osage Posted July 27, 2018 Member ID: 27102 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 3 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 20 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 6 Achievement Points: 166 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/25/18 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 20, 2023 Birthday: 01/22/1943 Device: Windows Share Posted July 27, 2018 So, my sad story: My harddrive went kaput. New, larger one installed. HOWEVER..................all my advances, perks, etc seem to be gone....................after many hours (that turned into days as recorded by the game)...........now I seem to be back to starting over after having to reload the game COD WAW. Anyone got any ideas of how to overcome this..................or am I stuck with this consequence? OSAGE................playing on the deathmatch WAW server. Dang, at my age, I'm never sure I have enough time to recoup the various perks....................any help very much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetcleaner Posted July 27, 2018 Member ID: 20996 Group: ** Registered Users Followers: 12 Topic Count: 53 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1746 Content Per Day: 0.47 Reputation: 1519 Achievement Points: 15662 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 4 Joined: 03/27/14 Status: Offline Last Seen: 9 hours ago Device: Windows Share Posted July 27, 2018 you didn't back it up on an external hard drive?....silly.... animalxi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LOCO Posted July 27, 2018 Member ID: 465 Group: +++ COD4 Head Admin Followers: 59 Topic Count: 352 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 2095 Content Per Day: 0.39 Reputation: 2491 Achievement Points: 19307 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 21 Joined: 09/20/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 5 hours ago Birthday: 02/09/1977 Device: Windows Share Posted July 27, 2018 does your old harddrive still turn on if it does you can buy a usb adapter to run that harddrive thru usb to copy your old files over i had to do this when my hd messed up animalxi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Osage Posted July 28, 2018 Member ID: 27102 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 3 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 20 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 6 Achievement Points: 166 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/25/18 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 20, 2023 Birthday: 01/22/1943 Device: Windows Author Share Posted July 28, 2018 No, I didn't back it up. Actually, I was under the naive belief that it was all stored in the cloud. So yeah, feeling pretty silly.................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osage Posted July 28, 2018 Member ID: 27102 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 3 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 20 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 6 Achievement Points: 166 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/25/18 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 20, 2023 Birthday: 01/22/1943 Device: Windows Author Share Posted July 28, 2018 I'll have to try the USB approach................ There was a lot of data saved in the transfer, but not the apps..................the old HD really went in the crapper..............as above, I was under mistaken idea that registered players info was stored on cloud. Thanks for the suggestion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2_MANY_BEERS Posted July 28, 2018 Member ID: 96 Group: ** Registered Users Followers: 107 Topic Count: 1048 Topics Per Day: 0.20 Content Count: 8802 Content Per Day: 1.65 Reputation: 3290 Achievement Points: 62118 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 5 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 14 hours ago Birthday: 06/30/1954 Device: Windows Share Posted July 28, 2018 no you can store your profile on a flash drive and then when this happens you will still have your classses BUDMAN 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osage Posted July 28, 2018 Member ID: 27102 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 3 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 20 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 6 Achievement Points: 166 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/25/18 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 20, 2023 Birthday: 01/22/1943 Device: Windows Author Share Posted July 28, 2018 Well, crap...............I dinna know that. Kinda late now. I'm going to try to retrieve off of the old hard drive...........maybe can get to that file. Will see if that works. Merlin007 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2_MANY_BEERS Posted July 28, 2018 Member ID: 96 Group: ** Registered Users Followers: 107 Topic Count: 1048 Topics Per Day: 0.20 Content Count: 8802 Content Per Day: 1.65 Reputation: 3290 Achievement Points: 62118 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 5 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 14 hours ago Birthday: 06/30/1954 Device: Windows Share Posted July 28, 2018 C:\Users\---\AppData\Local\Activision\CoDWaW\players\profiles Merlin007 and blackcat 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osage Posted July 30, 2018 Member ID: 27102 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 3 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 20 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 6 Achievement Points: 166 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/25/18 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 20, 2023 Birthday: 01/22/1943 Device: Windows Author Share Posted July 30, 2018 OK...............chances are that the old hard drive will work enough to allow retrieving the profile info. I'm looking on the current uploaded version where I used a different profile to play and create some data. And I'm not finding the file that would otherwise be copied.................. Beers send me a place to look, but I'm not seeing it there...............maybe missing something. Where is the file? I'm not seeing an activision cod players profiles file Thought if I could create the data on a new profile, I could get to it and then tell the folks at the place where my computer work is done where to drill to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobMc Posted July 30, 2018 Member ID: 25355 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 31 Topic Count: 257 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 5785 Content Per Day: 2.15 Reputation: 9114 Achievement Points: 63248 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 132 Joined: 12/14/16 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 10 Birthday: 01/05/1954 Device: Windows Share Posted July 30, 2018 You have to first see hidden files Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osage Posted July 30, 2018 Member ID: 27102 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 3 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 20 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 6 Achievement Points: 166 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/25/18 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 20, 2023 Birthday: 01/22/1943 Device: Windows Author Share Posted July 30, 2018 Aha OK, thanks. I found it on my new hardrive and with the "temporary" profile. So now I have to get the connector and drill down the old HD. I assume that it is a matter of making a copy of the old profile for OSAGE and then deleting the current one that really has no data and swapping in the old file. Right??? LOL..........I may live to fight another day!!! Thanks for the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelz Posted July 30, 2018 Member ID: 24295 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 11 Topic Count: 272 Topics Per Day: 0.09 Content Count: 2311 Content Per Day: 0.78 Reputation: 2829 Achievement Points: 20239 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 17 Joined: 03/27/16 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 2, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2018 You can copy and paste the OSAGE file over top of the present file and overwrite the present file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osage Posted July 30, 2018 Member ID: 27102 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 3 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 20 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 6 Achievement Points: 166 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/25/18 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 20, 2023 Birthday: 01/22/1943 Device: Windows Author Share Posted July 30, 2018 (edited) Yeah, I can see how that should work You are saying, just put it in and I'll get the "2 of same name" and just say "overwrite" ??? I was thinking about putting the retrieved file in alongside the "empty' one with an X (to keep them individually identifieable) in the name and then deleting the empty and renaming the retrieved file to take out the X thanks for the input...................gotta go tomorrow to get the USB attachment cable and get started on this. Playing without the various perks under another profile kinda sucks Edited July 30, 2018 by Osage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelz Posted July 30, 2018 Member ID: 24295 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 11 Topic Count: 272 Topics Per Day: 0.09 Content Count: 2311 Content Per Day: 0.78 Reputation: 2829 Achievement Points: 20239 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 17 Joined: 03/27/16 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 2, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2018 You do not need to have 2 the same. Just overwrite or if it is easier for you delete the old one and replace it with the OSAGE one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osage Posted July 31, 2018 Member ID: 27102 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 3 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 20 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 6 Achievement Points: 166 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/25/18 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 20, 2023 Birthday: 01/22/1943 Device: Windows Author Share Posted July 31, 2018 YES!!!! I connected to the old HD and retrieved the proper file..............and got my perks back. Just wanted to express my appreciation for the guidance/help from members on the server. Your help, vastly appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tw33tle_Dee Posted August 1, 2018 Member ID: 23628 Group: ** Registered Users Followers: 1 Topic Count: 33 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 337 Content Per Day: 0.11 Reputation: 218 Achievement Points: 2278 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/26/15 Status: Offline Last Seen: Monday at 03:04 PM Device: Windows Share Posted August 1, 2018 That's awesome, love it when a plan comes together! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage_inc- Posted August 1, 2018 Member ID: 2048 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 294 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 6689 Content Per Day: 1.37 Reputation: 4709 Achievement Points: 48999 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 5 Joined: 12/15/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 29, 2023 Birthday: 05/30/1967 Device: Windows Share Posted August 1, 2018 That's awesome, love it when a plan comes together! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
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