2 x Computers / External HD / Hoster Error

[Beavis]

i would put the hoster database on your internal hard drive. you have plenty of space!! it will take years to fill the hard drive up withy karaoke tunes!!

[gduns - with the Lord]

Because it will have 2 of every song to choose from and god knows which one you will be playing. Besides what is the point.

I load all my songs onto the internal hard drive, and copy them to the laptop for a backup. If i do a show, I dont have to use the external hard drive. (just one more thing to take with you)

If the show machine craps out, you have the laptop, and the external drive to play from. Having 2 copies of the same songs fererenced in the database on the same computer is a recipe for problems.

[prmckay1]

I will keep my external HD for the KJ portion -- I have 40GB+ of DJ (Grows 1GB/month)+ the OS + other programs == as 99% of my business is DJ and the KJ portion is sporatic at best (our area has decided that KJ's are worth $50 + Drinks) We've headed into the DJ business rather quickly and profitably -- and w/ the ability to add KJ to any event by plugging in the external -- That's Wonderful!

I'm very happy w/ the external drive -- just not happy w/ how hoster handled the situation when the external drive was removed from the 'host' computer.

Regarding the 2 references -- I don't have 'duplicates' showing up -- When you choose 'build database' -- you choose which directory you are using --
If this was such a big issue, why does the program show multiple listings? I use other programs which allow downward file structures -- so everything isn't in one directory -- I haven't tried this yet w /hoster -- but this makes sense to allow things to be properly organized -- really makes it easier to manage your data ---

Also from these threads -- it appears that my point was missed early on -- I knew what I had done, and I knew how to fix it-- Just that the program should have allowed me to change the data directory instead of blowing up! Still haven't heard any real response to the program's blowing-up --