Deleting Acquired Data Files - BIO RAD ZE5 User Manual

Appendix A Troubleshooting

Deleting Acquired Data Files

Everest Software saves the acquired data files for each experiment session. The data files remain on
the Everest Software computer after exporting them. Users might find it necessary to remove the data
files from the Everest Software computer but want to retain the experiment's setup parameters in order
to run the experiment again. Deleting the experiment in the D:\EverestUsers\<username> folder
deletes the complete experiment, including the setup parameters, run list, and telemetry files.
This procedure explains how to delete only the acquired data files for an experiment while retaining its
setup parameters. Users can then rerun the experiment and collect data in future sessions.
Important: Everest Software does not back up data or run list files. Bio-Rad strongly suggests that
you use the Export Run List and FCS Files option to export the experiment's run list and all
associated FCS files before performing this procedure. Consider using the Export Full Experiment
to Zip option to ensure that you have safely exported and saved all run list, telemetry, and FCS
files that you want to retain. See
information.
To delete acquired data files
1. In the Recent Experiment Sessions panel in the Home window, expand the experiment that
contains the data you want to delete, for example 5Color_2.
2. In the expanded experiment, locate and note the name of the specific session. By default, the
session's name includes the user's name, the year, month, and date of the last edit, and the
session number, for example vbala-20180125-1421.
3. Log out of Everest Software.
4. Open Windows Explorer and navigate to the user's file folder. This is the folder into which all
experiment data are saved, and was specified during user setup by the administrator. By default,
this folder is located in the following directory:
D:\EverestUsers\<user_name>\
5. In the user's folder, locate and open the target experiment's folder, for example
<user_name>\5Color_2.
The experiment's folder contains folders of all experiment sessions. You might have many
subfolders within the experiment's folder.
Each session folder is labeled the same as the session name (in this example, vbala-20180125-
1421).
6. Locate and open the session folder that contains the data that you want to delete.
This folder contains
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