my documents folder is getting pretty ridiculous in size,  at this rate upgrading to ssd is not an option, so i'm going to have to get a new drive and move my libraries / documents there so I can have breathing space to install other software.

has anyone tried this with iclone / and other software like steam ?
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2079571/move-your-libraries-to-a-second-drive-or-partition.html

in theory this should work flawlessly,  but if i can avoid trial and error on this one,  that would be nice!

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So everything in your computer in drive C? You don't have any other partitions or drives?
Back up your files before repartitioning your current drive just incase it fails you still have all your files :D

actually no,   i have a few drives in my computer ...but about to upgrade to about 6 tbs to consolidate the older smaller drives,  I noticed my documents files hit over 340 gigs -  a big chunk of that is from iclone - between imported props and projects.     I know I can move most of the other stuff manually ...like daz, modo, and poser, being that i can re- search for content,  but iclone's fixation on using documents for assets is outdated and making me wonder how to restructure everything. 

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and yes,  i eloquently used the word "outdated" because I know the RL developers like to be cutting edge.  Nothing cutting edge about relentlessly eating up drive space on an ssd with assets :P :P :P

before iclone,  i was all email and games on the pc -   so it was never a big deal   but now that I'm doing cg on my pc,  and mixing in some audio  - i've never had a situation like this before where i go through through drive space like water lol...-  in mac with music,  i always use custom file structures and can switch and archive most huge files around fast and ez.without potentially breaking everything - windows over all has more restrictions on moving stuff around that fluidly.- especially with software like iclone that locks in to windows default settings.

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During installation iClone gives you the option of where to store your content, both default and custom. I have never stored content on my C drive for a bucket full of reasons, and at the moment have a single drive dedicated for only iClone content, both vers. 5 and 6 in separate folders.

The only way to do what you want, without a complete reinstall of iClone, is to move all the content and then edit the registry entries to show the new paths.

The "best" way to do this is detailed in this thread - good luck.

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ahh thank you wires,   I usually go default everything and just keep hitting enter till it's done....i only noticed recently how large my files got so  now it suddenly matters lol!

This is going to help a ton,   I still don't take back calling it an out-dated system,  because it should be easy enough to change in preferences!  :P :P :P

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+1

This has been discussed numerous times.  I guess one of us should officially log it in Feedback Tracker.

In addition to the "during installation" options, we should be able to change our storage locations in a Preferences setting, and simply move all our stuff from one drive (or folder) to another.

We should not need to edit the registry.  (But for now, we do.)

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I've moved all my RL files (and many others) to a shared drive on my server. That way I can easily access the files from any computer on my network.
For RL programs the paths are defined in the registry and it is just a matter of finding and changing them for each RL application.

If you are not comfortable editing the registry then the best way is to reinstall each app selecting the new location for your files.
No need to reinstall all your other files in the new location, just copy the old directory to the new location.

I have also successfully moved Steam from a C drive to a D drive for my brother.
Here are instructions from Steam that tell you how to do this:

Moving a Steam Installation and Games

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I've added this to the Feedback Tracker - issue 561.

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