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In most cases it'll work to simply download all the files and upload them to your new server.
If you have avatars, attachments or profile pics saved in the database, that could get a bit cumbersome though.

Here are instructions on how to gzip the files, move them to your new server, and unzip them again, if you're on *nix servers.

1. Telnet/SSH into the server where your vBulletin is currently installed. We will call this machine1. Navigate to the folder above the one containing the files you want to transfer.
2. Type:

   tar -czf backup.tar.gz folder/

   In this line, you should change the following:
   backup – this is the name of the file that will be created. Make sure you don't already have a file with this filename in your directory.
   folder/ – the name of the folder with the files you want to backup

Then, move the whole thing to the other server by ftp: http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/m...rvers_transfer
Let me know if you need more help with this.

To ungzip it:
gunzip -c home.gz

To untar it:
tar -xvvf home.tar


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