Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1v8RYK-000haT-OP for pgsql-general@arkaria.postgresql.org; Mon, 13 Oct 2025 23:02:04 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=malur.postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1v8RYI-008x2r-As for pgsql-general@arkaria.postgresql.org; Mon, 13 Oct 2025 23:02:03 +0000 Received: from makus.postgresql.org ([2001:4800:3e1:1::229]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1v8RYH-008x2j-Ah for pgsql-general@lists.postgresql.org; Mon, 13 Oct 2025 23:02:02 +0000 Received: from fout-b7-smtp.messagingengine.com ([202.12.124.150]) by makus.postgresql.org with smtp (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1v8RYF-001bkP-2I for pgsql-general@postgresql.org; Mon, 13 Oct 2025 23:02:01 +0000 Received: from phl-compute-10.internal (phl-compute-10.internal [10.202.2.50]) by mailfout.stl.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9EE431D00145; Mon, 13 Oct 2025 19:01:58 -0400 (EDT) Received: from phl-mailfrontend-02 ([10.202.2.163]) by phl-compute-10.internal (MEProxy); Mon, 13 Oct 2025 19:01:58 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=aklaver.com; h= cc:content-transfer-encoding:content-type:content-type:date:date :from:from:in-reply-to:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :references:reply-to:subject:subject:to:to; s=fm1; t=1760396518; x=1760482918; bh=reI3xYPkf8GFJb+E05SClhsBEEfyrOJ3epjP0uTW8Y8=; b= atCDqpmzCP2DL1NpVsK1TL14uTFs9A6f2R01wlxSXJFRL48n12Nc/z7LpeLfg02d 10Jeyq4LsMl54K+HxNV6sDx/TONc3XgFm5Zo0LAu/zaJ0bwaXbSagj/X1ny/Y3JD PghPBjDhln/ejisaULs/6NrmA16Px/qumwDfH2ocidm3EUOX5UC/Fpg0zjWHQ9tD sosk9bQ46K0xzMilfG5aKTJhMjM0nq9QxWyxPunvy+jBqW42sjCqzQ+TMmmlpmYu O+vdW0Kj3J6Ea1O2+jKA7yn2ru3+lcW2wb/tvl+AVemKP2dqp7BiZy1+Z62x1TUo 6IErT1Nk0EYwvBuNafU4JA== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:content-transfer-encoding:content-type :content-type:date:date:feedback-id:feedback-id:from:from :in-reply-to:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:references :reply-to:subject:subject:to:to:x-me-proxy:x-me-sender :x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s=fm2; t=1760396518; x=1760482918; bh=r eI3xYPkf8GFJb+E05SClhsBEEfyrOJ3epjP0uTW8Y8=; b=XgkQUvxH0Yxw5Creo k4oF8I9SYHTJjpVx5MxXHER6o1Bnm2ph7SmYlS0qto3CnXHWpfECc/+YK/O1Uzps bduLNbmNKfuGQ+0LGHCmFZZYWR8tlbtxJu0CVNjc+BL1UTG/ZIwKmuCLbPW9Cvqs yRJPm6ljR18vO1vnuo+2z7DGrkzSmW/KW6jn95ZdsbWhVmv3m5yRm9FojA2ZwGmk PshJy7a4RBLFe2VpYokwoclvjF7NRnfkKEqfd9VY9gmJBhi+1bxhU8uktIufBt7z fjIWSClvpEmv/VvbTxeJF/hhl/yM0OrPtkht7oejfpE2WT5abw6ZJTkMiQI+0kU0 kLSWA== X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Received: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgeeffedrtdeggdduudekledvucetufdoteggodetrf dotffvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuhfgrshhtofgrihhlpdfurfetoffkrfgpnffqhgenuceu rghilhhouhhtmecufedttdenucenucfjughrpefkffggfgfuvfhfhfgjtgfgsehtkeertd dtvdejnecuhfhrohhmpeetughrihgrnhcumfhlrghvvghruceorggurhhirghnrdhklhgr vhgvrhesrghklhgrvhgvrhdrtghomheqnecuggftrfgrthhtvghrnhepffelgeeifefgve duhedthfekuedtffejveegffegjeevtdehgfduieetfeehjeehnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfu ihiivgeptdenucfrrghrrghmpehmrghilhhfrhhomheprggurhhirghnrdhklhgrvhgvrh esrghklhgrvhgvrhdrtghomhdpnhgspghrtghpthhtohepvddpmhhouggvpehsmhhtphho uhhtpdhrtghpthhtoheprhhonhhljhhohhhnshhonhhjrhesghhmrghilhdrtghomhdprh gtphhtthhopehpghhsqhhlqdhgvghnvghrrghlsehpohhsthhgrhgvshhqlhdrohhrgh X-ME-Proxy: Feedback-ID: i76984098:Fastmail Received: by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Mon, 13 Oct 2025 19:01:57 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <860fc362-cb57-4de6-8d5b-dbdf1242217d@aklaver.com> Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2025 16:01:57 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: Database in another drive To: Ron Johnson , pgsql-general References: Content-Language: en-US From: Adrian Klaver In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Archived-At: Precedence: bulk On 10/13/25 14:57, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Mon, Oct 13, 2025 at 4:19 PM Arbol One > wrote: > > Is there a way to either create the database or save the data > in another drive? > > I am using Win11, not my choice since 1998, and, not surprisingly, > the WinOS had a crash; > > > I've been using Windows on (local, telecommuting) corporate PCs for 25 > years.  Never has the hardware crashed or Windows become so corrupted > that C: needed to be wiped? Consider yourself having lived a charmed life. You don't want to have to restore a Windows machine. The usual method is to start over with an OS only disk image and rebuild the user data from backups. -- Adrian Klaver adrian.klaver@aklaver.com