Re: Database in another drive - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Adrian Klaver
Subject Re: Database in another drive
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Msg-id 860fc362-cb57-4de6-8d5b-dbdf1242217d@aklaver.com
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In response to Re: Database in another drive  (Ron Johnson <ronljohnsonjr@gmail.com>)
List pgsql-general
On 10/13/25 14:57, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 13, 2025 at 4:19 PM Arbol One <arbolone@hotmail.ca 
> <mailto:arbolone@hotmail.ca>> 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



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