Is it possible to install on external harddrive?

TSasha Smith

Is it possible to install DIM and DS onto an external HDD?

SpottedKitty

The DIM program itself (not the content that it installs) is, I think, still locked — at least in the current version — to install only on drive C:. Once you have DIM installed, you can go into the preferences and change them. Note that there's not just one location; if you want to move everything possible to a new location, you must look at the D|S installation location, the downloaded content installer location, the installed content location (this is where D|S looks), and the location of the CMS content database files.

Remember that DIM and D|S don't talk to each other, if you don't use the default content locations you must manually change the settings in both programs' preferences.

Note that I don't use the content database, so I'm not sure if the CMS settings are only in D|S or in both DIM and D|S.

cm152335

yes, you can,

just insert path information, on DIM or Daz

at the picture, E: is my external 1T USB connect harddisk
if you use external harddisk, be sure to connect before start Daz
also, check before start if your external harddisk always use same letter (E: in my case)

 

Ryuu@AMcCF

cm152335 said:

yes, you can,

just insert path information, on DIM or Daz

at the picture, E: is my external 1T USB connect harddisk
if you use external harddisk, be sure to connect before start Daz
also, check before start if your external harddisk always use same letter (E: in my case)

 

What CM said. But you have to catch it on the initial installation of those programs to redirect to your external HD--otherwise you'll be stuck unless you go through the hassel of deinstalling from your C:\ and even then, there's no guarantee. And as has been mentioned, you'll also want to make sure your data is pointing to the right locations, too.