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Board Bitcoin Technical Support
Re: Bitcoin core reindex error
by
jackg
on 04/04/2017, 18:31:15 UTC
i dont remember really

Currently i'm trying to do something from here  https://jlopp.github.io/bitcoin-core-config-generator/  ...and in particular "Bitcoin Core" ---> "Config File Location"

Does anyone know if i'm  using non-default location ,for example E:/Bitcoin  ,where to put config.file ?

There are instructions, but i don't fully understand them  Huh
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To use non-default location, create a default location config file containing this setting


edit: think i found how to

You need to reindex the entire block chain I think if you've deleted the chainstate.

Also, to check you've got the right thing, you need the config file to be in the same folder as the executible. It'll probably still function if the config file is in a sub folder but will be slower on startup. You don't then need to specify the location of the config file (unless it's in a different folder than the exectivle).
Inside that config file should be:
Code:
datadir=E:\Bitcoin\BitCoinData


For it to work.