External Hard Drive

[Bob Dorsey]

Originally Posted by admin

Bob, did Ddouglass' instructions solve your problem? They accurately gave you what you needed to do.

Yes......

[no vocals]

to further expand on the hoster running on the external theme, it was suggested to me to load hoster on an external hard drive in case the computer crashes.
is it not possible to put hoster on an external to portect it?

[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by no vocals

to further expand on the hoster running on the external theme, it was suggested to me to load hoster on an external hard drive in case the computer crashes.
is it not possible to put hoster on an external to portect it?

The only way you need to protect Hoster is to keep a copy of the setup program, so you can re-install it if you have a computer crash. Installing the program on an external hard drive will cause the program to slow down due to access time for the drive. It really is not a good idea to install it any place other than the C:\Program Files folder. As Mindonstrike said above Hoster does access other files in the Windows folder and may not know where to find them if it is installed on a different drive. Hoster also keys on the computer which means you would not be able to run it from another computer.
Hoster allows for 2 installs on your primary and backup computer, so as long as your KMA files are on the external you can switch that drive to the backup computer and continue on.

[no vocals]

ok, that makes sense. i wanted to load it on the external for another reason as well. i am going out of town and taking my laptop with me. my son will be running my show and i wanted him to be able to run it from his laptop.

rad through your post more completely and it answered my question. thanks!

now is there a way to move the hoster program from the external to the C:/ drive since i alrady installed it there?

[ddouglass]

Moving the program doesn't work as there is more than just the files in the Hoster folder. There are registry entries as well as files in the Windows directory that are needed, so no that won't work. If you have only installed it on the one computer then you can still install it on his.
If you have already installed it on 2 computers then you will need to remove it from one and submit a support web-email to get your registration reset.