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Requirements

rawocop works in a PC with Windows, but if you unlikely have any issue with the installation you should check that:

• You have installed a Windows with .Net Framework 4.7.2 or above.

And that's all.

Installation

• Just download the last .zip release at this link https://github.com/proteomicsunitcrg/rawocop/releases and uncompress it in a folder.
• Place the uncompressed folder at some easily accessible location, e.g. the Desktop.
• Double click rawocop.exe file.

Notes:

• If your Windows version complains (especially Windows 10) that is an unrecognized program and potentially harmful, run it anyway.
• If there's another rawocop.exe from a previous version, just delete it.

Configuration

• Fill in the "Root folders location":

  • Click to "Input folder" and select the folder where the raw files are. Could be the "C:\XCalibur\data" folder, for instance.
  • Click to "Backup folder" and select the folder where you want to move your files. Could be the "C:\backup" folder, for instance.
    

• Check/Uncheck "Enable backup folders" and/or Check/Uncheck "Discard QCloud files":

  • Click to "Enable backup folders" if you want to backup your files to a set of subfolders that is automatically created by reading the RAW files. For instance, you can configure rawocop to backup the files to "C:\backup\Instrument name\YYMM", where "Instrument name" could be "orbitrap_exploris" and "YYMM" the current year and month "2207". So the final folder where the RAW files will be moved is "C:\backup\orbitrap_exploris\2207".
  • Click to "Discard QCloud files" to DO NOT backup QCloud files, that is, files with "QC01" or "QC02" in its filename.
  • If you are using rawocop together with QSample, you must enable the "Append database to QSample". Please check this decicated documentation to install RAWocop alongside QSample.

• Review "Summary". Check in this panel the original folder (where are the original RAW files) and where are they going to be copied.

  • For instance:

• Finaly click at “START backuping!”. This means that the program will monitor new raw files at your local data folder and will move them automatically.

Important note: this program needs to be always running. If you reboot your computer please reload it.

Rawocop checks

Rawocop does not perform the backup if the RAW file:

• Is in use or locked by another program (for instance, you have it opened in the XCalibur viewer or is in acquisition process).
• Rawocop does not have permissions to create the backup folder.
• Has no MS data.
• Already exists in the backup folder.
• Is very big (> 10 GB).
• Is very small (< 10 MB).