moving pt database from main computer drive to external hd

[AAquaticAApe]

i have almost no room left on my c:/ drive which is the main drive on my computer so i want to move my entire pokertracker to my external hard drive. i read one post where ptrack pat explains to "put the ptrack.mdb and hhdb.mdb files onto the external drive. " but i dont have ptrack.mdb or hhdb.mdb, all i have is prack.ldb and hhdb.ldb. i still tried to follow his instructions but it didn't work and i am pretty sure i followed the directions correctly altho not positive. if anyone can help it would be greatly appreciated, ty!

[ptrack pat]

You have to have those files or you wouldn't be able to run the program. Make sure you have file extensions enabled in Windows Explorer so it allows you to see the file extensions of every file.

From the Windows Explorer menu select the Tools option and then select Folder Options.

Click on the View tab.

UNCHECK the box that says "Hide extensions for known files types" and click the Apply button.

[AAquaticAApe]

thank-you pat. this worked as far as finding those files and moving them to my hard drive. these are the steps i took hoping to achieve the goal of from now on storing my hand histories onto my external hard drive and hopefully moving my databases onto the hard drive to free up space on my c:/ drive:

"You want to put the ptrack.mdb and hhdb.mdb files onto the external drive.


Then, on each computer, you would go to the Start menu and select Settings > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Data Sources (ODBC)
(since i only have one computer and one external hard drive, i just followed these steps on the one computer)

Click on the System DSN tab.

Find the entry PTRACK in the list and click on it and click the Configure button.

On the next window, use the Select button and choose the ptrack.mdb file from the external drive.

Now do the same thing for the ODBC entry PTRACKHH - except this time point it to the file hhdb.mdb on the external drive.

That should be it."

i was wondering if there are any necessary steps to take to achieve these goals... for instance when i am auto-importing do i need to change the hand history folder location... or is there anything else i need/can do to free up more space on my c:/ drive. thanks again!

[ptrack pat]

You'll probably want to change the location of where the processed files are being moved to...so that those also get moved to the external hd. As to changing the location of where the poker site stores the hands, I don't think you need to do that because they aren't that big but if you do then you'll need to change the auto-import window in PT to tell it to look at the folder you have the poker site set to store the files in.