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Date/Time: Thu, 06 Mar 2025 09:33:59 +0000



Moving the data folder

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[2022-01-30 20:32:58]
PlainCheesePizza - Posts: 17
Hello,
I am curious if I can move my data folder which is currently in the default location (installed SC directory) to a different drive that has much larger room. So, for example

move from:
C:\SierraChart\data

Move to:
D:\SC-Data

Will this have impact to performance?
[2022-01-31 00:22:50]
Infinite - Posts: 134
Is the D: drive a SSD?
[2022-01-31 08:36:42]
Sierra Chart Engineering - Posts: 104368
Yes absolutely you can do this. Refer to:
General Settings Window: Data Files Folder (Global Settings >> General Settings >> Paths >> Files and Folder Paths)
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