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Re: My Drive C is getting low on disk space
by
qwizzie
on 26/02/2019, 20:46:41 UTC
200 GBS is what i created fro drive C and i though it is enough. It is getting eaten by blockchain files.

How can i move the blockchain of (Let's speak about verge or digibyte or raven) from C to another folder on any partition?
Every time i delete the folder it goes back again. can someone tell me how to do this without reinstalling windows

Just copy the blockchains to another drive (lets call it the D drive) as follows :

Create a folder on your D drive named verge and put your verge-qt.exe file in  --> D:\verge
Create a folder on your D drive named vergedata and put your verge blockchain in --> D:\vergedata

Create a shortcut from your verge-qt.exe file in D:\verge directly to your desktop by rightclicking on it and select "copy to desktop" (create a shortcut)
Edit your shortcut by rightclicking on it and pressing properties. You need to add your vergedata directory into your target path --> D:\verge\verge-qt.exe -datadir=D:\vergedata

You can do the same with the other blockchains (with seperate folders ofc). There are blockchains that sync faster when they are installed on a SSD drive, something to take into consideration.

Note : this methode works for Bitcoin and Bitcoin forks, and i assume it will also work for alternative blockchains like Verge, Digibye and Raven.
Basicly it lets you bypass the default installation directory path that comes with the qt.exe

Link : https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/9259/bitcoin-qt-setup-change-block-chain-file-location-settings-documentation