Hey folks.....could someone give me a quick tutorial on moving my .dat file to a network drive rather than my C:?
I am filling up fast on my SSD, and need to get it moved to greener pastures.
Any help is appreciated!
There is a lot of I/O that occurs. I don't know the performance using a remote share, but it can't be pretty.
Anyway, the steps are:
1.) Ensure you have a backup of your wallet.dat
2.) Run Bitcoin-Qt to detach the DB at shut down.
(Right click on Menu -> options, then mark the checkbox Detach Databases at Shutdown.)
Then close Bitcoin-Qt.
Or, run from the command line:
C:\> Bitcoin-Qt -detachdb=1
3.) Copy (or move) the entire Bitcoin directory to the new location
[Edit: If copied instead of moved, you can then delete, or rename if unsure, the old directory location.]
4.) Launch Bitcoin-Qt with the -datadir= specifying the new Bitcoin directory
e.g, for use on drive Z:
C:\> Bitcoin-Qt -datadir=Z:\Bitcoin
5.) Profit.