Hi all,
My bitcoin folder (in Appdata/roaming) is 13.5GB. It's too big to keep on my SSD, so I need to move it to an external drive.
To do this, I tried first detaching the database, so I ran this code in the command prompt (using Windows 7 x64):
"C:\Program Files\Bitcoin\bitcoin-qt.exe" -detachdb=1
(bitcoin wallet opens, then I close it)
From there I copied the Bitcoin folder and put it on my E drive, then ran this in the command prompt:
"C:\Program Files\Bitcoin\bitcoin-qt.exe" -datadir=E:\Bitcoin
When that opens my Bitcoin wallet, it says my bitcoins are unverified, and nothing really happens. I left bitcoin-qt open for 12 hours and it still says I'm 254 weeks behind / not synced / have X unverified coins. When I finally closed bitcoin-qt and re-opened it using the shortcut, it used my original database destination and the wallet was synced in a short period of time.
Any ideas what I'm doing wrong and how I can successfully move this bitcoin data to an external drive?