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Preface: not looking for additional advice in this post, just an update and wanted to offer my experience for anyone else that may find this helpful (I may be the only guy in the world too dumb to get this program navigation). I certainly let my frustration get the best of me with this, but reverting back to the starting point for me with this is unit- V2.8, I learned some valuable lessons as I went through these processes again with a new outlook. Currently back to V3.8 with favorable results. I was able to determine how to create a file folder on my PC to group the ~40 factory presets I really wanted (except some legacy presets that I just cannot find). It appears that a file folder that you can actually open on your PC is created through performing the backup process (I know- you guys that replied know this already). This was the root cause of my problems ultimately, I suppose I needed to figure it out on my own. Additionally, on page 29 of the Pilot's Guide (I did indeed read the pages you indicated carefully), when extracting files from a backup, it indicates your ability to select which presets you want through a dropdown menu. This is not the case with my unit, in ANY firmware version I went through. If this had been visible, I believe this thread would have been over much sooner. Pics attached. A side note: I don’t know if I’m just nuts, but I think the unit sounds better. Perhaps somewhere along the way I screwed up some global EQ settings or something. Who knows. I’m happy now, and once again, thanks for the help and apologies for creating frustration on the side of the ones attempting to help. Cheers.

I read and re-read the guide you supplied PRIOR to my last post. It does not provide any knowledge that I did not already know (albeit it was a sloooow process). I uninstalled everything on the unit and my PC and started fresh at V2.80, which is what it was when I bought it years ago. Also, I do understand that the file type it illustrates it will create is in fact a .hxb- a backup. I get it! Does not change the fact that for the casual and infrequent user of the update aspect, that this interface sucks. There has got to be an easier path, but I am not a software engineer. Anyway, rant complete. Thanks again for the help and hand-holding, I do greatly appreciate it. I'll live with this version until I muster up the courage to try to attack this in the future. Over and out.

Example of what I am describing with the file types via the "create backup" in HX Edit: I do not understand why some created file folders AND a .hxb folder, and some only created (like the one I just did) only a .hxb. The file folders are useable to me to pull data from to a completely new folder that I can organize the presets I want on the unit only, the .hxb folder is useless for the purpose I am after. What am I netting from the .hxb format other than a full "restore from backup"? (which I do not want to do), I want to be able to pick and choose which presets I want to play with (which I can do from the file folders- 1st picture) I am beyond frustrated with this and it's gotta be almost comical to you experts at this point.

Thank you, this feedback continues to be helpful in developing my understanding. Good call on the "pilots guide"...I will most certainly take a deep dive (thanks for the link). I will continue to hack away at it, and if I screw something up, at least I have a useable backup to restore from.

Alright, time for an update, but a big thanks once again to both Silverhead and Datacommando for the feedback. All points made are fair. Verified all programs were updated and created a new backup since I had already tweaked a few presets since the 3.80 update. Backup is solid (enough), but additional info on this below. I now see where I went wrong- I had been “importing presets”, not “restoring from backup”. Unfortunately, I think my older backups are missing some presets from earlier versions, so I do need to see if there is a file floating around out here with the presets (i.e. multiple Fender models like the Bassmans,Tweeds, etc.) unless I’m still missing a crucial piece in the process. How, for instance, can I get back to this setup?: https://www.fluidsolo.com/patchexchange/view-models/Amplifiers,a When accessing the backup files, I have additional issues: 1. Some backups created an accessible file folder that i can then drag/drop presets from. I suppose the easier way would be to create a separate folder with just the presets i care to use. 2. Here’s the problem: some backups, specifically the ones I really want to work with, were created as “.hlx” file format. I cannot open this folder to drag/drop presets into HX Edit, or another folder. Why the difference in file type? I’m not making any changes to the path it suggests in Edit when I create the backup. Creating “Favorites” is another problem for another day. I’d like to get the issues at hand solved first. Clearly, I really suck at this platform and UI. Admittedly, I probably don’t use this often enough, and I’m sure I’d get better, but I don’t have a ton of time to play in the first place, and the headache and time consumption in fooling with this is reaching a point where I may never update the unit again.

First, thank you for patience and taking the time to run through this again. Ok, this makes sense. I shall follow these instructions and report back. The one thing I am certain of is, that I did in fact update my HX Edit BEFORE I even plugged the unit into my PC. Its currently running V3.82 (I assume this sufficient?)

Clearly, I am not savvy enough to understand. Forgive me, but I just want to know how to access any and all of the previous factory presets. I am also unclear as to why my backup files contain no “guts”, or blocks, but the names are intact. Silverhead- I follow and understand your post, and to my knowledge did what indicated (obviously something was different), but the references you included are not doing much for me. Please further dumb-it-down if you can/care to. Datacommando- thank you as well for your reply. All programs/applications were updated prior to updating the Stomp. I feel like this should be a more intuitive process overall. I’m normally pretty good at new learning new platforms, but all 3 times I have updated this unit, I have had some issues. Maybe I need to wipe it or rollback the firmware to 3.7 and call it a day.

I recently updated to 3.80 which went 'ok'. I now understand that some of the older presets, i.e. Angl Meteor, Revv Red/Purple, Friedman, Archon, and other high gain stock presets are no longer available? I did complete a backup prior to updating, however I mistakenly saved them to OneDrive rather than my PC. Fast forward- I recovered the presets and was able to import them via HX Edit, but all that it imports is the name- there are zero blocks for the preset. I did enjoy the stock configuration of the above-named models, so I would like to know any or all of the following: 1- The original block configuration (so I can rebuild myself) 2- How to import (from somewhere else) the presets in their original form. 3- Am I doing something wrong when creating a backup?