Backing up old SMF forum but keeping it viewable offline?

[blankoboy]

I have an SMF forum (v1.1.4) that I want to retire but I want to keep it viewable offline if possible.
Can anyone advise on the best process for doing this?
Thanks.

[Kindred]

Disable all permissions except read posts for all membergroups
disable registration

[blankoboy]

Thank you for your reply but I think my explanation was not sufficient. I want to retire the site and back it up but remain view able offline (not on the Internet) on a local PC but would prefer not to have to set up a WAMP/LAMP environment. I guess though that it is the only real option, right?

[Kindred]

yes.  SMF has no "flat files"
it requires a web server with php and mysql....   so you can only view it if you have that running.

[blankoboy]

So set up a LAMP/WAMP virtual machine and restore the DB and directory structure I suppose?

[Kindred]

and run repair_settings.php, otherwise it will still be looking for the original web connection details