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help / color / mirror / Atom feedFrom: Tim Gerber <[email protected]>
To: Arbol One <[email protected]>
Cc: PostGreSQL MailingList <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Database in another drive
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2025 15:36:46 -0500
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Yes, you can either set the default tablespace to the desired drive or
create a tablespace on the E: drive and specify the db objects to use it.
Best to look at:
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/manage-ag-tablespaces.html
Best Regards,
Tim
On Mon, Oct 13, 2025 at 3:19 PM Arbol One <[email protected]> wrote:
> Is there a way to either create the database or save the data in another
> drive?
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> I am using Win11, not my choice since 1998, and, not surprisingly, the
> WinOS had a crash; I lost all kinds of information including PostgreSQL (postgres
> (PostgreSQL) 18.0), its databases, tables, data, etc., what a nightmare!
> To not have this happen again, I'd like to create the databases in the E:
> drive or have the tables stored in that drive, please note that I am not
> talking about backing the data in the E: drive, but to actually have the
> databases in the E: drive. Can this be done and is it practical to do this?
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