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How To Upgrade To Larger Discdrives

#1 User is offline   aurika 

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Posted 20 May 2012 - 04:39 PM

Hello,

the number of files shared by my e-mule client is increasing, so it is time to think about larger harddrives.

I plan to replace my 4 xxx GB drives with 2 yyyy GB drive (where the total size of 4xxxGB is approx 1 yyyyGB drive).

Now the question is: what is the best way to accomplish this ?

my current setup
drive c: 100 GB SSD drive, with e-mule client, but no shared files
drive d: xxx GB (contains several files)
drive e: xxx GB (contains several files)
drive f: xxx GB (contains several files)
drive g: xxx GB (contains several files)



new setup / version 1
if i now add the new drive, it will become drive h: (and i: for the second one)

volume c: 100 GB SSD drive, with e-mule client, but no shared files
volume d: xxx GB (contains several files)
volume e: xxx GB (contains several files)
volume f: xxx GB (contains several files)
volume g: xxx GB (contains several files)
volume h: yyyy GB (should contain all files afterwards)
volume i: yyyy GB (free space)



new setup / version 2
or does it make more sense to rename all volumes first ...

volume c: 100 GB SSD drive, with e-mule client, but no shared files
volume d: xxx GB (contains several files) ---> volume f:
volume e: xxx GB (contains several files) ---> volume g:
volume f: xxx GB (contains several files) ---> volume h:
volume g: xxx GB (contains several files) ---> volume i:


and add the new drive as volume d: and volume e: afterwards ?

volume c: 100 GB SSD drive, with e-mule client, but no shared files
volume d: yyyy GB (should contain all files afterwards)
volume e: yyyy GB (free space)
volume f: xxx GB (contains several files)
volume g: xxx GB (contains several files)
volume h: xxx GB (contains several files)
volume i: xxx GB (contains several files)



my general questions are:
if i move all the files to the new drive, is e-mule going to rehash all the files ?
remark: known2_64.met will not be touched by me, since it is ion drive c:
if i rename the drive letter from h: to d: afterwards (using windows), is e-mule going to rehash all the files ?
remark: known2_64.met will not be touched by me, since it is ion drive c:


Thanks in advance for your help.

Best regards,

aurika
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#2 User is offline   coluche 

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Posted 21 May 2012 - 04:32 PM

You can do it however you want to, eMule needs not rehashing the files, as long as you keep the known.met file.

I once crashed my harddisk containing C: , the drive containing eMule and shared files was on another disk.
I rearranged disks, and installed a new windows to a new partition on the second disk, one result was that the "eMule partition" had a new name (N: instead of M:).

I only had to adapt the pathes within eMule's preferences.ini (before starting eMule 1st time), and all was fine.
no rehashing.
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Posted 21 May 2012 - 10:43 PM

The problem is, that i have e-mule data on all 4 drives, not only on 1 drive.
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Posted 22 May 2012 - 06:22 AM

View Postaurika, on 20 May 2012 - 07:39 PM, said:

if i move all the files to the new drive, is e-mule going to rehash all the files ?

Rehash will happen if you change file's date, size or name. Try it on one file and you will know exactly if your moving method is good enough.

View Postaurika, on 20 May 2012 - 07:39 PM, said:

remark: known2_64.met will not be touched by me, since it is ion drive c:

It will be touched by eMule anyway.

View Postaurika, on 20 May 2012 - 07:39 PM, said:

if i rename the drive letter from h: to d: afterwards (using windows), is e-mule going to rehash all the files ?

The same as with moving files.
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Posted 30 May 2012 - 09:53 AM

u posted alot of giberish, apparently u have too many drives but smaller ones it appears to be. Why not just buy some 4gb drives, transfer all the data, then share it? They sell external 4tb drives, I have even seen some 6tb & 8tb drives all the way up to 12tb drives. I'm sure that some of these options are better than having for example 12 or more 100gb drives.
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