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Starting Over on New PC. Any Copy/Paste Options from Previous Drive?

GeneralDeeGeneralDee Posts: 132
in Daz Studio Discussion

I just built a new PC and would like to start fresh on a new ssd drive. My old Daz folders was a mess and I want to start clean but would like to continue working on my custom characters as they were. In my previous install, I made a lot of custom skins and morphs. Also my library folder was pointed to my F drive. That drive (which is now another letter) still have my folders intact. Does it make sense to try and copy/paste anything from the previously used drive or is this a case of extreme rebuilding from scratch? many parts seem to be all over the in the "My Library" folder. My first instinct was to just copy that entire folder over to my new drive but 1 I have no idea if that would work and 2,I really want to downsize as that folder is huge. Any advice is apreciated.

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  • nemesis10nemesis10 Posts: 3,488
    GeneralDee said:

    I just built a new PC and would like to start fresh on a new ssd drive. My old Daz folders was a mess and I want to start clean but would like to continue working on my custom characters as they were. In my previous install, I made a lot of custom skins and morphs. Also my library folder was pointed to my F drive. That drive (which is now another letter) still have my folders intact. Does it make sense to try and copy/paste anything from the previously used drive or is this a case of extreme rebuilding from scratch? many parts seem to be all over the in the "My Library" folder. My first instinct was to just copy that entire folder over to my new drive but 1 I have no idea if that would work and 2,I really want to downsize as that folder is huge. Any advice is apreciated.

    As long as you point the Content Manager in Daz Studio (Preferences> Content Manager) to the right places (look at your settings before the move), everything should work properly.  If you read L'Adair's instructions (https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/4248826/#Comment_4248826), you should be fine.  I would also point DIM to the right places in case there is something too complicated to install manually too.

  • GeneralDeeGeneralDee Posts: 132

    @nemesis10 Thanks!

     

  • RAMWolffRAMWolff Posts: 10,228
    edited March 2019

    Also, in your Computer Management area of the Control Panel (if your using a PC) you can go to the Disk Management area, find your old F drive with it's new drive letter and right click on that and choose to Change Drive Letter and Paths and select F (if it's available) and click the OK button.  You may get a warning but it won't hurt anything.  I do it all the time as my DS lives on my D drive so when my new computer comes I'll make sure that drive is set to D so I don't have any hiccups.  

    Use this path to access all your Control Panel items: This PC\All Control Panel Items

     

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