Where are my recipes?

So I just got a new computer, and I had them install my old hard drive as an extra drive in the new computer.  I've managed to reinstall Beersmith 2 with my serial number and everything, but I can't seem to get it to recognize all my old recipes.  Here's the directory listing of my old Beersmith 2 directory:


Directory of F:\Documents and Settings\Kevin\My Documents\BeerSmith2

06/30/2014  12:45 AM    <DIR>          .
06/30/2014  12:45 AM    <DIR>          ..
03/21/2013  10:04 PM            6,715 Age.bsmx
03/21/2013  08:13 PM            6,715 Age1.bsmx
02/28/2013  10:45 PM            6,715 Age2.bsmx
02/23/2013  09:38 AM            6,715 Age3.bsmx
02/23/2013  09:19 AM            6,715 Age4.bsmx
02/22/2013  07:23 PM            6,715 Age5.bsmx
06/30/2014  12:34 AM    <DIR>          Archive
06/30/2014  12:20 AM            5,419 Archive.bsmx
06/16/2014  06:19 PM    <DIR>          Backup
03/21/2013  10:04 PM            1,736 BSCols.BX2
03/21/2013  10:04 PM            2,708 Carbonation.bsmx
03/21/2013  08:13 PM            2,708 Carbonation1.bsmx
02/28/2013  10:45 PM            2,708 Carbonation2.bsmx
02/23/2013  09:38 AM            2,708 Carbonation3.bsmx
02/23/2013  09:19 AM            2,708 Carbonation4.bsmx
02/22/2013  07:23 PM            2,708 Carbonation5.bsmx
03/21/2013  10:04 PM              230 Cloud.bsmx
03/21/2013  08:13 PM              230 Cloud1.bsmx
02/28/2013  10:45 PM              230 Cloud2.bsmx
02/23/2013  09:38 AM              230 Cloud3.bsmx
02/23/2013  09:19 AM              230 Cloud4.bsmx
02/22/2013  07:23 PM              230 Cloud5.bsmx
06/30/2014  12:24 AM              516 CloudSearchSettings.bsmx
03/21/2013  10:04 PM            1,011 CustField.bsmx
03/21/2013  08:13 PM            1,011 CustField1.bsmx
02/28/2013  10:45 PM            1,011 CustField2.bsmx
02/23/2013  09:38 AM            1,011 CustField3.bsmx
02/23/2013  09:19 AM            1,011 CustField4.bsmx
02/22/2013  07:23 PM            1,011 CustField5.bsmx
03/21/2013  10:04 PM            8,679 DefRecipe.bsopt
03/21/2013  10:04 PM            16,437 Equipment.bsmx
03/21/2013  08:13 PM            16,437 Equipment1.bsmx
02/28/2013  10:45 PM            17,438 Equipment2.bsmx
02/23/2013  09:38 AM            17,438 Equipment3.bsmx
02/23/2013  09:19 AM            17,438 Equipment4.bsmx
02/22/2013  07:23 PM            17,438 Equipment5.bsmx
06/30/2014  12:45 AM                0 FILES.TXT
03/21/2013  10:04 PM          113,046 Grain.bsmx
03/21/2013  08:13 PM          113,046 Grain1.bsmx
02/28/2013  10:45 PM          147,172 Grain2.bsmx
02/23/2013  09:38 AM          147,172 Grain3.bsmx
02/23/2013  09:19 AM          147,172 Grain4.bsmx
02/22/2013  07:23 PM          147,172 Grain5.bsmx
03/21/2013  10:04 PM            84,555 Hops.bsmx
03/21/2013  08:13 PM            84,555 Hops1.bsmx
02/28/2013  10:45 PM            85,189 Hops2.bsmx
02/23/2013  09:38 AM            85,189 Hops3.bsmx
02/23/2013  09:19 AM            85,189 Hops4.bsmx
02/22/2013  07:23 PM            85,189 Hops5.bsmx
03/21/2013  10:04 PM            88,657 Mash.bsmx
03/21/2013  08:13 PM            88,657 Mash1.bsmx
02/28/2013  10:45 PM            88,663 Mash2.bsmx
02/23/2013  09:38 AM            88,663 Mash3.bsmx
02/23/2013  09:19 AM            88,663 Mash4.bsmx
02/22/2013  07:23 PM            88,663 Mash5.bsmx
03/21/2013  10:04 PM            28,539 Misc.bsmx
03/21/2013  08:13 PM            28,539 Misc1.bsmx
02/28/2013  10:45 PM            28,539 Misc2.bsmx
02/23/2013  09:38 AM            28,539 Misc3.bsmx
02/23/2013  09:19 AM            28,539 Misc4.bsmx
02/22/2013  07:23 PM            28,539 Misc5.bsmx
03/21/2013  10:04 PM              230 Notes.bsmx
03/21/2013  08:13 PM              230 Notes1.bsmx
02/28/2013  10:45 PM              230 Notes2.bsmx
02/23/2013  09:38 AM              230 Notes3.bsmx
02/23/2013  09:19 AM              230 Notes4.bsmx
02/22/2013  07:23 PM              230 Notes5.bsmx
03/21/2013  10:04 PM            5,778 opts.xml
03/01/2013  10:55 PM            5,778 opts1.xml
02/28/2013  10:45 PM            5,778 opts2.xml
02/23/2013  09:38 AM            5,778 opts3.xml
02/22/2013  07:23 PM            5,778 opts4.xml
01/25/2013  08:09 PM            5,778 opts5.xml
03/21/2013  10:04 PM              234 Plugin.bsmx
03/21/2013  08:13 PM              234 Plugin1.bsmx
02/28/2013  10:45 PM            1,935 Plugin2.bsmx
02/23/2013  09:38 AM            1,935 Plugin3.bsmx
02/23/2013  09:19 AM            1,935 Plugin4.bsmx
02/22/2013  07:23 PM            1,935 Plugin5.bsmx
03/21/2013  10:04 PM          390,730 Recipe.bsmx
03/21/2013  08:05 PM          390,730 Recipe1.bsmx
02/28/2013  10:45 PM        2,705,147 Recipe2.bsmx
02/23/2013  09:38 AM        2,705,147 Recipe3.bsmx
02/23/2013  09:11 AM        2,704,513 Recipe4.bsmx
02/22/2013  07:23 PM        2,704,513 Recipe5.bsmx
06/30/2014  12:24 AM    <DIR>          Reports
03/21/2013  10:04 PM              270 rpts.bxml
06/30/2014  12:24 AM              513 search.bsmx
03/21/2013  10:04 PM              226 Shop.bsmx
03/21/2013  08:13 PM              226 Shop1.bsmx
02/28/2013  10:45 PM              226 Shop2.bsmx
02/23/2013  09:38 AM              226 Shop3.bsmx
02/23/2013  09:19 AM              226 Shop4.bsmx
02/22/2013  07:23 PM              226 Shop5.bsmx
03/21/2013  10:04 PM          774,341 Style.bsmx
03/21/2013  08:13 PM          774,341 Style1.bsmx
02/28/2013  10:45 PM          774,341 Style2.bsmx
02/23/2013  09:38 AM          774,341 Style3.bsmx
02/23/2013  09:19 AM          774,341 Style4.bsmx
02/22/2013  07:23 PM          774,341 Style5.bsmx
06/30/2014  12:24 AM          244,780 T-10902Yeast.bsmx
06/30/2014  12:24 AM              244 T-11046Shop.bsmx
06/30/2014  12:24 AM            28,557 T-14282Misc.bsmx
06/30/2014  12:24 AM            89,161 T-14853Mash.bsmx
06/30/2014  12:24 AM          774,359 T-1565Style.bsmx
06/30/2014  12:24 AM            6,175 T-18423Tools.bsmx
06/30/2014  12:24 AM              248 T-21498Notes.bsmx
06/30/2014  12:24 AM            84,573 T-2257Hops.bsmx
06/30/2014  12:24 AM          396,293 T-23264Recipe.bsmx
06/30/2014  12:24 AM            16,455 T-29395Equipment.bsmx
06/30/2014  12:24 AM          117,710 T-30182Grain.bsmx
06/30/2014  12:24 AM            2,726 T-30543Carbonation.bsmx
06/30/2014  12:24 AM            1,029 T-31147CustField.bsmx
06/30/2014  12:24 AM              248 T-4721Cloud.bsmx
06/30/2014  12:24 AM            6,733 T-4726Age.bsmx
06/30/2014  12:24 AM            21,766 T-4841Water.bsmx
06/30/2014  12:24 AM            6,298 T-703-Opts.xml
06/30/2014  12:24 AM              252 T-7623Plugin.bsmx
03/21/2013  10:04 PM            6,139 Tools.bsmx
03/21/2013  08:13 PM            6,139 Tools1.bsmx
02/28/2013  10:45 PM            6,139 Tools2.bsmx
02/23/2013  09:38 AM            6,139 Tools3.bsmx
02/23/2013  09:19 AM            6,139 Tools4.bsmx
02/22/2013  07:23 PM            6,139 Tools5.bsmx
06/16/2014  06:19 PM    <DIR>          Updates
03/21/2013  10:04 PM              266 urpts.bxml
03/21/2013  10:04 PM            21,748 Water.bsmx
03/21/2013  08:13 PM            21,748 Water1.bsmx
02/28/2013  10:45 PM            21,748 Water2.bsmx
02/23/2013  09:38 AM            21,748 Water3.bsmx
02/23/2013  09:19 AM            21,748 Water4.bsmx
02/22/2013  07:23 PM            21,748 Water5.bsmx
03/21/2013  10:04 PM          244,762 Yeast.bsmx
03/21/2013  08:13 PM          244,762 Yeast1.bsmx
02/28/2013  10:45 PM          272,634 Yeast2.bsmx
02/23/2013  09:38 AM          272,634 Yeast3.bsmx
02/23/2013  09:19 AM          272,634 Yeast4.bsmx
02/22/2013  07:23 PM          272,634 Yeast5.bsmx
            134 File(s)    22,049,282 bytes
              6 Dir(s)  77,138,350,080 bytes free


Yet when I point Beersmith to it, it doesn't find my old recipes.  Are they lost forever?  How can I get Beersmith to recognize my recipes?  Do I have to enter them all again by hand?

BeerSmith looks for C:\...\My Documents\BeerSmith2.

With BeerSmith closed, just copy the F:\ drive folder and replace the C:\ drive folder with it.

This is driving me nuts.    I've tried copying the entire contents of my old BeerSmith2 folder to multiple locations, including the application installation directory, and my "My Documents" folder on the C: drive (as you suggested).  BeerSmith refuses to show anything but the 19 default Sample recipes.  I'm planning on brewing this weekend and I really need my recipes - anything else I can try?

I'm still fighting with this, but I was at least finally able to get BeerSmith to show some of my recipes by copying everything into the "Backup" folder, then going File -> Open and opening the files one by one.  I can then see my recipes, but I'm still not able to add them to my main library.  When I export them and put them in a folder, and try the "Import Wizard," it complains that there isn't a "Recipe.bsm" file (since the export task saved it as Recipe.bsmx).  If I manually rename the file to chop off the trailing 'x', I get an error message saying "The file type is not recognized or supported by this version of BeerSmith." WTF!?!  I just EXPORTED it from this version of BeerSmith, what do you mean you can't read you own file???  Argh!

OK, one last update.  I figured out that with an old "Recipes" file open, I can just drag and drop the recipes into my main recipe panel.  With the equipment, however, I had to actually replace the Equipment.bsmx file with the backed up one.  After much hair pulling and swearing, it looks like I'm finally back in business.  There's got to be a better way to do this in the future.

A recovery method that should paste them to the new directory.

-With BeerSmith closed, go to the F drive Documents\BeerSmith2 folder.
-Double click on Recipe.bsmx. BeerSmith should auto open. You may have to tell Windows to open with BeerSmith.
-BeerSmith will open with a view pane of your recipes as recorded in this file. You should see all of your recipes if the F directory is a copy of the Documents\BeerSmith2 directory.
-You can now just cut and paste these recipes into the My Recipes view pane.

You may repeat this with your equipment, fermentation, carbonation and ingredient profiles or items. Or, you can simply use the Save disc next to a profile name in a recipe to capture that profile back into the database.

Profiles and ingredients can be copied back into the database from the recipes.

Yes, you found the current alternative method when just pasting the whole folder fails.