WSS said,
> Tony Rolfe ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spoketh thus:
>> I'm trying to put the 'constant' stuff on one partition and the
>> 'variable' stuff on another, so I only have to back up the variable
>> stuff regularly.
> I don't see how that could be workable, but...
Now you tell me! I've been keeping my programs and data on separate
partitions for the last twelve years, what have I done wrong? :)
>> What is that setting anyway? Is it the "Data Dir" under Misc in the
>> settings?
> Yes that's right. Unfortunately, the 'data' directory, while used to store
> *most* of the data, including the messages themselves, it still requires the
> 'contents' file, called 'MicroDot.prefs', which is stored in the same
> directory as the Microdot executable. So therefore, if I understand it
> right, you can't have any more than one 'data' directory per executable
> file.
But you can have it in a different place to the executable? That's all
you need to organise your hard drive for effective backing up.
Neil
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