Moving asents

ian_16d9c66a

Hi Guys,

How do i move my daz 3d assets to a different drive and relink them?

 

 

 

Richard Haseltine

Did youn install with the Install manager or Connect inside DS, or a mixture of both?

ian_16d9c66a

Hi Richard,

I mean move all my library content to a different drive as it filling up my C: Drive?

Richard Haseltine

Yes, I meant how did you install it where it is?

ian_16d9c66a

Hi Richard,

I install it with Daz install manager default settings.....

Richard Haseltine

OK, in that case before moving anything go to the Content Library pane and open its option menu, by clicking the lined button at the top corner or by right-clicking the tab, and select Content DB Maintenance - in that dialogue check Export User Data and then click Accept. That backs up the database, using relative paths so that you will be able to reimport it after moving everything.

Now, close DS and move your content across.

Relaunch DS and use Content Directory Manager, also from the Content Library option menu or from Edit>Preferences>Content Library, to change your content directories (you can also right-click on the existing directories, now empty, in the Content Library pane to remove them and then right-click on Daz Studio Formats/Poser Formats to add your new directories - the net result is the same. Finally reopen the Content DB Maintenance dialogue and this time select reimport metadata to reload your product details and base content details.

Finally, in DIM click the gear icon at top-right to open its Preferences, go to the Installation tab, and update the directories there.

fixmypcmike

You will also need to correct DIM's records of where content was installed.  When DIM installs a product, it creates a .dsx file in the ManifestFiles folder (I believe the default in Windows is "Users/Public/Documents/DazInstallManager/ManifestFiles") indicating where the content was installed.  There is a line in each .dsx which reads:

<UserInstallPath VALUE="C:/Users/Public/Documents/My Daz 3D Library"/>

with whatever path was used (note that it uses forward slashes instead of back slashes, regardless of Operating System).  The easiest way to change this path to the new location is using a text editor which can do a global replace over multiple files, such as Notepad++.  This way, if you need to uninstall or update a product, DIM knows where the files are.

ian_16d9c66a

Hi Guys,

I followed your instructions that worked great. Thanks the lot Guys!!!