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Originally Posted by cowpig
Two relatively easy questions regarding HH databases:
1) What's the best way to transfer a big database from one place to another? Is the export HHs to file option in PT the best method? If there's some file that contains my full PT2 SQL db can I import that directly into HE Manager or PT3?
2) My new laptop has two hard drives. How can I set it so that PT3 and HE Manager save my databases to my 2nd HD?
1- I would recommend exporting all PT2 HH's, for multiple reasons. It is definitely the best way to get the HH's into HM, and is probably the best way to import them to PT3 at this point as well. You also want these HH's, so you can compress (RAR) them, and back them up as an Archive.
I have all my hands from pre-2k8 compressed/archived - on DVDr, on Mediafire, on my personal server, as well as on 2 different redundant sync thumbs. I also export all my 2k8 hands every couple weeks, and update my online backups and thumbs.
2- You want to make sure that you install SQL to your 2nd HD, so all your SQL DB's will be stored on the slave, away from your OS. I have 1 HD, that I partitioned myself. My SQL and DB's are stored on a partition, and I make sure my "Move Processed HH's" are set to save to a folder I created on that partition.
I had a crash a couple weeks ago, and my SQL DB was on my C\ drive. I lost it all in the reformat. Luckily my Archives + my Processed HH's on my D\ drive, all survived the reformat. It was a simple matter to install HM, then install SQL on the D\ - and import all my archived/processed HH's. Pretty sure I didnt lose a single HH from my DB.
The only other thing that may have been good for me to do, would be to install HM on my D\ drive also. It would have saved me from needing to get a new reg key to import my archives.