installing armory/bitcore to a directory other than C: too big for my SSD- how?

[1tombj]

Being a bitcoin newb had a major clusterf$#k installing armory on my 128gb ssd c drive.  As it stands I'm in the second iteration of overfilling the drive, (I managed to point bitcore to E: after the first disaster but then armory started with this huge database file and I'm again overfilled on this second attempt).  I've got a wallet address in there with a balance (tried to send bitcoin to it before bitcore was set up, but thats another sad story)  I read somewhere these are instructions on how to do this alternate drive install but was unable to find them.  I need the ELI5 version, if there is one, plus presumably I need to uninstall both bitcore and armory and then restore when the program is installed on the other drive, no?  I have all the private keys, address, password, paper backup and seeds from the initial install.  Is there a fix?

[Holliday]

Using goatpig's newest version of Armory (0.94.1) will reduce Armory's database to a negligible size but you are still going to need the block chain which Core will download. This will easily fit on a 128 GB SSD (unless your drive is fill with tons of other stuff, of course).

[1tombj]

There is not a lot of space on my c:/  ssd; I think I can put the block chain from core on another drive.  This armory install was a new one done yesterday, but I just checked it and it is 93.x; just curious why 94.1 is not on the armory download page?  Also I'm just going to uninstall first, presumably I can recreate the wallet originally made in 93.x with 94.1 (I have all the keys, seed, password & address), right?

[Carlton Banks]

presumably I can recreate the wallet originally made in 93.x with 94.1 (I have all the keys, seed, password & address), right?

Yes. You need ~125MB for the 0.94 database, but that's it. Total of ~75GB needed.

[1tombj]

Do you mean 125gb for .94 plus 75gb for core? total 200gb?  I've just now uninstalled and now reinstalling both .94 and core to my E:hdd....

[Carlton Banks]

That's 125 Megabytes. With a big M. MB.

[1tombj]

Got it.  My brain is mush right now
thanks
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