Is it Possible to Add Another Hard Drive to my Desktop to Store Additional Downloadable Content?

ericwestray

Currently, I have two hard drives on my desktop computer (C: and D: hard drives). My 2 TB hard drive (D; drive) is now completely filled with DAZ content. Is it possible for me to install a third hard drive, let's say an E: hard drive
and start to download new content via my DAZ Install Manager to it? I currently use Install Manager to download all my content to my D: drive. Can I change it so it will 
start saving new, additional material to my E: drive? If so, will iit then be possible to see all my installed content (whether it is on my D: or E: hard drives)
in the Smart Content Tab in DAZ? And in DAZ Install Manager, will it show all my installed content or will I have to toogle somewhere in that program to see installed on both hard drives?

Thanks in advance for your help!!!

Eric
 

nemesis10

ericwestray said:

Currently, I have two hard drives on my desktop computer (C: and D: hard drives). My 2 TB hard drive (D; drive) is now completely filled with DAZ content. Is it possible for me to install a third hard drive, let's say an E: hard drive
and start to download new content via my DAZ Install Manager to it? I currently use Install Manager to download all my content to my D: drive. Can I change it so it will 
start saving new, additional material to my E: drive? If so, will iit then be possible to see all my installed content (whether it is on my D: or E: hard drives)
in the Smart Content Tab in DAZ? And in DAZ Install Manager, will it show all my installed content or will I have to toogle somewhere in that program to see installed on both hard drives?

Thanks in advance for your help!!!

Eric
 

Yes!  Yes, please! There are just a few things to do:

1. Make sure that the drive shows up on your computer and add two folders to the drive: a content folder with whatever name you like and a runtime folder which you will call Runtime (I just want you to a gave a place to point to)
2. Click on the gear in the upper right  in DIM and add the drive for your DAZ Studio installation's path
3. Close DIM and open up Daz Studio. Go to Preferences and Content Tab and Content Manager.  In Content Manager, add the new content folder on the new Drive for Daz Studio Content and add the runtime for Poser Content.

You are done! 

barbult

Yes, you can change the location for downloads in the Daz Install Manager (DIM) and it will download new content to that location. You may have to adjust settings for where updates are stored, but I'm not sure of those settings. Perhaps Richard Haseltine will drop by to explain that part.

In Daz Studio, you can have several content libraries all active at once. Daz Studio will find content in all of them, without out you having to toggle between them. Daz has done a excellent job of implementing that seamlessly! What you need to do is use the Content Directory Manager to add your new content library to the list of libraries, both for Daz Studio Formats and Poser Formats. You can find the Content Directory Manager in Edit/Preferences (F2) on the Content tab. Click the Content Directory manager button. When it opens, Click on Daz Studio Formats. Next click the Add button and add your new library path. Then click Poser Formats. Next click the Add button and add that same new library path.