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C drive full but E drive has space

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[2015-08-17 22:43:17]
User40526 - Posts: 166
how do I redirect data to my second hard drive

my C drive is 60 gig and is almost full - I am getting alerts and today SC stopped updating data because the disk was full

I have dumped all cache and eliminated a couple of programs (this computer is used solely for trading - no email or anything else) - I do disk cleanup every day and defragment weekly

my E drive has 124 gig free but I don't know how to redirect the SC data to the E drive

Thanks
[2015-08-17 22:54:38]
Sierra Chart Engineering - Posts: 104368
This can be done through Global Settings >> General Settings >> Data Files Folder.

You will need to move the files from the existing Data Files Folder to the new one.
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[2015-08-17 23:28:38]
User40526 - Posts: 166
Hmmm, sorry to be so obtuse, but it keeps defaulting back to the C drive. I have copied the directive (? not sure that's what you call it) and only changed the drive to E, but it seems to default back to the C drive.

My entry in the Data Files Folder: is E:SierraChart\Data\
[2015-08-18 01:18:11]
Sierra Chart Engineering - Posts: 104368
Follow these complete detailed instructions we have put together:
https://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?page=doc/doc_GeneralSettings.html#ChangingDataFilesFolder
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[2015-08-18 05:57:44]
User742717 Mike - Posts: 86
Sounds like your storing all the symbol tick data,
Look under C:\SierraChart\Data and delete the .scid files of symbols which you don't use.
On each chart you can set a limit of days to download, I suggest you manage that.
[2015-08-18 11:17:27]
User40526 - Posts: 166
Thanks, I made the changes suggested on data and the data files folder now has "E:\Sierra Chart\DATA\". I have unchecked the Always Use Data Folder Within Main Folder

But now the charts aren't updating, so I repeated the above for the Chart Image Folder "E:\Sierra Chart\Images\" thinking that needed to be done, too, but still no updating of the charts. I can see the price changes on the values scale and the DOM, but the charts are frozen.
[2015-08-18 11:46:14]
Sierra Chart Engineering - Posts: 104368
Restart Sierra Chart.

If you still have a chart updating problem, refer to help topic 3:
Http://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?page=doc/helpdetails3.html
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[2015-08-20 18:36:25]
User40526 - Posts: 166
This has been a struggle for me. Most recently my "file to open on startup" wasn't populating and I found an answer on the support board and got those files copied to the E drive. However, I still cannot get the "trade activity log" to populate any more than the current days trades. No history will populate, even the previous day. I copied more files like all the Tranact folder but no success. I now have more disk space devoted to the Sierra Chart folder on E drive than I have on the C drive, so it seems the necessary information would be there to populate my trading history.

What am I missing?

thanks
[2015-08-21 09:30:17]
Sierra Chart Engineering - Posts: 104368
However, I still cannot get the "trade activity log" to populate any more than the current days trades.

This might possibly be due to a corrupt Trade Activity Log file.

Update Sierra Chart to the latest prerelease using Help >> Download Prerelease.

If the file is corrupt that will now automatically be detected and new file will be started.
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https://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?l=PostingInformation.php#GeneralInformation

For the most reliable, advanced, and zero cost futures order routing, *change* to the Teton service:
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