thursday 8:20 BIG Emergency

[Beavis]

when you rebuild your database and have to select a drive.

[Beavis]

what version are you running ?

[Bi-Polar Bear]

Originally Posted by Beavis

when you rebuild your database and have to select a drive.

wait a minute... do I have to rebuild the database for each drive even though they're named identically and the files are identical?

[Beavis]

you shouldnt have to.

what version of hoster do you have ???

[Bi-Polar Bear]

3.13

[Beavis]

man i would upgrade.

is the hard drives the same make and model ?

[Bi-Polar Bear]

same manufacturer... beyond micro... one is a 500 the new one is one of those terrabyte drives that has two 500's in one case that are connected and function as one....

[ddouglass]

I don't believe you can swap out drives like that and have Hoster think the second drive is the same as the first. The letter assigned to a drive is really for "Human" convienence. The computer recognizes the drive by a unique ID hard coded to the drive controller on each drive. This is how the computer and the drives communicate and not by drive letter. Since those IDs would not be the same for the two drives, then Hoster (Windows) will not recognize the files are there without rebuilding the database.
This is why a lot of people carry back-up laptop computers rather than just a drive.
So yes for your current set-up you will need to rebuild the database each time you change drives.