Regardless of the way in which you upgrade your software, make sure that you do one thing first.

MAKE A BACKUP OF YOUR CURRENT INSTALLATION - AT THE VERY LEAST, YOUR DATABASE.

If an upgrade release of Pergamon is marked as an automated upgrade, it is possible to run the installer as if performing your installation for the first time (see Installing Pergamon).

All necessary file copying and file updating will take place automatically.

On occasion, it may be necessary to perform a full upgrade. These are normally required for major upgrade releases, as well as releases that have seen an upgrade to included third-party software or the directory structure.

In this case:

• Ensure that you make a backup copy of your entire installation - you can do this by selecting the installation folder and then copy-and-paste to another directory, or by performing a more formal backup (see your IT staff for assistance).

• To ensure that older files or files that are no longer required are removed, navigate to the installation folder (e.g. c:/program files/pergamon) and double-click the uninstall.exe file to uninstall the software. Note that files that have dynamically changed (such as the database) will not be removed by this process.

• If you have not already done so, download a new version of Pergamon (if an upgrade is required, you will normally be informed of this and provided with a download link, but you can also download the most recent software from the Esferico ltd. website).

• Unzip the downloaded xxx_setup.zip file to get access to the xxx_setup.exe file (xxx will be replaced with the software name and version number).

• Double-click the xxx_setup.exe file to start the installer. Please note that often the installation directory in organisations is protected - you may need suitably authorised member of your IT staff present to complete this part of the upgrade.

• Follow the on-screen instructions and select any on-screen options (if there are any) to perform the installation.

• You may now delete the xxx_setup.zip and xxx_setup.exe files, as they are no longer required.

• If you selected to install in the same directory as before, your database file and any other local configuration files will remain. If not, copy these back in from your backup.

• Start Pergamon - This will identify any database changes that are required by the new software and perform the necessary upgrade.

• Once you have successfully logged in without further messages, the upgrade is complete.

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