Migrating DAZ library to another disc

joanna

As many new users, I installed DAZ on disc C, and as my library is getting bigger and bigger, I'm looking to migrate it to an external hard drive.
I've read various posts I managed, but some of them seem slightly outdated while others left me confused or didn't exactly match my situation, so I thought I'd ask in a separate post, in hope someone will be able to help me with my specific circumstances:

- Windows 10, DAZ Studio and everything related installed with default settings
- I'd prefer to leave DS where it is as I want to move the library to an external drive rather than to another partition
- All the library content was installed via Daz Central

What would be the easiest and most straightforward process to migrate my library to another disc? Yes, I'm looking for "easy" over "quick", so I'd rather uninstall the whole library, change a few paths, and install it again over time than do some complicated juggling with paths, folders etc. Any particular steps I need to take?

Thank you in advance!

Willy2

You don't need to move DazStudio.

You can move your 3D files to an external drive.
From the Daz Studio Formats icon at the top left of the main window, choose Removes All Base Directories
Then select your new directories with the Add a Base Directories menu line.
There may be a faster way to do this, which would be to select the new directories all at once, rather than one by one.

joanna

Willy2 said:

You don't need to move DazStudio.

You can move your 3D files to an external drive.
From the Daz Studio Formats icon at the top left of the main window, choose Removes All Base Directories
Then select your new directories with the Add a Base Directories menu line.
There may be a faster way to do this, which would be to select the new directories all at once, rather than one by one.

Wow, this was truly painless. Other posts I found made it into that complicated process, and your reply made it easy. Thank you so much!

I do have a follow up question: Daz Central still installs new content in disc C (recreates the folder), so it seems that I'm missing some setting somewhere. Or will I have to always install them to C: and move them manually?

Edit: Nmv, I seem to have found it. I don't know how I missed it the last time. Thank you again!

Willy2

Personally, I don't use Daz Central.
I prefer to install my Daz files with 7-Zip, but I agree that Daz Central is a wonderful tool.

If you want to use Daz Central, you can choose your directory to install your 3D files.
To do this, you need to launch Daz Install Manager.

In the main window of Daz Install Manager, you need to click on the top right icon (cogwheel)
Then choose Advanced Settings...
Select the Installation tab.

In the combo Content Path Shortcuts, select Custom
Then, at the bottom of the window, in the line Custom, click on the small button on the right.
In the window that opens, select the root of your directory where you want to install your 3D files.

(To launch Daz Install Manager, you must first close Daz Central)

joanna

Thank you so much for all your help.

It didn't go as smoothly as I hoped (I ended up having to reinstall DS several times after DB errors, install DIM, and reinstall all my content), but it's done. I really appreciate the time you took to get me detailed instructions.