My laptop\'s hard drive is split into two partitions, and unfortunately BOINC is installed on the smaller one, C:. Since Windows system files, applications are also installed on this partition, space is very valuable on C:. I could have installed BOINC on D:, of course, but all my data is stored on D:, and no other programs are installed on it, either.

So I think it would be very nice to have an option to store project output files, which consume the majority of disk space, on a drive other than C:.

Currently BOINC can only use space on the drive it is installed in. I doubt this will change due to security concerns.

I see two workarounds for you:
1) Install BOINC on the drive with more available space. This may result in losing current progress. If you uninstall the current version, move the leftover files to the new location, and then reinstall to the new location it will probably be ok.

2) After the model completes move the old work directory to dead storage.
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And a third suggestion.

Stop BOINC. Copy the whole BOINC directory structure to where you want to install it on your D drive. Uninstall BOINC and reinstall it on your D drive. It should start up where it left off. Delete the BOINC directory from your C drive.
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&gt; And a third suggestion.
&gt;
&gt; Stop BOINC. Copy the whole BOINC directory structure to where you want to
&gt; install it on your D drive. Uninstall BOINC and reinstall it on your D drive.
&gt; It should start up where it left off. Delete the BOINC directory from your C
&gt; drive.

Well, this is a corporate notebook, and the way it is setup is Windows and all the programs are installed on C: and user data is stored on D:. This way C: can be formatted and Windows can be re-installed without touching user data if something goes wrong with the OS. But if BOINC can be uninstalled and reinstalled in this manner without losing any work, there will be no problems at all with installing it on D:.

I'm not short on disk space anyway, this was just a fancy wish. Still, it is relieving to know that such an option exists.

Thanks very much...


Ertugrul
Istanbul, Turkey

&gt; And a third suggestion.
&gt;
&gt; Stop BOINC. Copy the whole BOINC directory structure to where you want to
&gt; install it on your D drive. Uninstall BOINC and reinstall it on your D drive.
&gt; It should start up where it left off. Delete the BOINC directory from your C
&gt; drive.

Just did that on a fresh install, worked like a charm! Thank you for the suggestion...

Ertugrul
Istanbul, Turkey.