On 4-12-2012 19:28, Kenneth wrote:
> OK, this is going to sound like a very naive post to many in the newsgroups, but
> here goes:
>
> I'd very much like to install the latest 3.7RC6 version of POV-Ray on my
> single-core Windows XP machine. But the one thing keeping me from doing it is
> *fear*: fear that it might overwrite or erase some of my important v3.6.2 files
> (like scene files, insert menu files, etc.) This isn't an unfounded fear: I had
> a whopping problem when I upgraded from 3.6.1 to 3.6.2--some of my scene files
> just vanished into thin air, as well as others. Luckily I had backups for *some*
> of them. I never could figure out if I had done anything wrong during the
> upgrade.

Like Christian said: backup, backup, and then backup again :-) 
Personally, I have a couple of external HDs and make a synchronized 
backup of my files twice a week. Takes a couple of minutes only as only 
changed files are copied. It saved me a couple of times from losing my work.

Now, concerning v3.7, Christian said it all. What I also do before 
upgrades is make a copy of my own POVRAY.INI and QUICKRES.INI as they 
contain personal settings, and they are exchangeable between 3.6 and 
3.7. Also, it might be worthwhile to make a copy of the InsertMenus, 
especially if you have personal settings and includes there.

When using 3.7, read the change log in order to discover *all* the good 
things you are going to discover ;-)

Thomas

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