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Can I install on D:?

felixdartmouthfelixdartmouth Posts: 9
in Technical Help (nuts n bolts)

My C drive is a SSD and it only has about 110Gig free.

My D drive has over a TB of free space.

Can I set up a Program Files folder on D: and install Daz there with the Install Manager?

Should I also set up a "D:\Program Files (x86)" folder.

I was thinking of de-installing from the recommended C drive and reinstalling on my spacious D drive before 

I see that Content files intall to 

C:\Users\Public\Documents\My DAZ 3D Library

I'd like to set up

D:\3D\My DAZ 3D Library

Any danger in doing this?

Thanks for any help

Comments

  • mjc1016mjc1016 Posts: 15,001

    For the content, the way I like to do it is to set up the 'root' folder and map it (setting it in Content Directory Manager).  Then COPY all the content (subfolders) over to the new location...then unmap the original folder.  Then make sure it all works before deleting it. 

    Then before you use the DIM to install anything else, you need to set the new location in it, too.

    For the install, you should be able to just direct the installer to a location, you shouldn't need to create folders for it.  But I would do the content move first, that way when you do reinstall, it should be picked up as the default content location and nothing should need to be done.

  • fastbike1fastbike1 Posts: 4,077

    Short answer: No danger. Just make sure both DIM and Studio (content directory manager) point to the folder.

  • LeanaLeana Posts: 11,694

    All my content has been installed outside of C: since I started using DS years ago, and the program itself is installed outside of C: too on some of my machines. I never had a problem with that kind of setup.

  • AeonmoonAeonmoon Posts: 53

    The first and easiest folder to move is your download folder, with the path being found in the Daz Install Manager (DIM).

    Just copy the download folder from your C drive to your prefered drive, then go into DIM and change the directory. When it works fine you can just delete the old folder.

    This first step will reduce your Daz presence on your C-drive with almost half, or at least, to a considerable degree.

     

     

    The content library - "My DAZ 3D Library" can be moved next. I had sucess with moving it myself, but made sure to research each step meticulously.

    Presently I don't remember all the steps I went through, but first you have to copy the physical folder "My Daz 3D Library" to your prefered destination drive.

    Remember to be careful with the "Content DB Maintenance" tab. If you are not certain of how to use it, google and also ask around.

     

    I would personally avoid moving the Daz program from the C-drive.

    While some people have no problems moving it, I know I had severe problems. It should only be attempted if you really know exactly what you are doing.

    If you are not experienced with Daz, then avoid uninstalling Daz unless you necessarily have to. Moving the library can be done without uninstalling the program itself.

     

    The size of the Daz program itself isn't enormous, so there's no immediate gain in moving the program.

    You may benefit moving the Daz install directory if you use LAMH (Look at my hair) a lot and save large files of hair OBJ's, which will be sent to its default directory (C-drive).

    But it's better to wait with contemplating that until you have more experience.

     

  • Serene NightSerene Night Posts: 17,641

    I tried to get it to install on E, since I have a small Solid state drive as well, but it just seems to funciton better on C. Numerous attempts in DIM to force it to go to E using DIm, resulted in it constantly making entries and replanting itself on C. Very frustrating. Even tried the manual installer but it threw an error. DAZ Studio just wants to be on C.

    I've been considering renaming one of my drive letters C. to make it more happy... But haven't done it yet, not sure it will mess things up.

     

  • BradCarstenBradCarsten Posts: 856

    I had endless trouble trying to get it to work on another drive. It kept telling me it couldn't find stuff on the c drive, and then when I moved everything back, it gave errors that it couldn't find stuff on the D drive. Uninstalling Daz didn't get rid of the wrrors as it kept some of the system settings in hidden folders that I then had to hunt down and manually delete. So best of luck to you.   

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