Move originals of offline files to new location

[wrnoof]

I apologize in advance for this second posting. I believe I posted it in the
wrong forum the first time.

I have an extensive amount of data stored on my home computer which I have
made available offline to my workplace computer located several miles away. I
would like to move the home desktop data to a new drive on that machine. Can
I accomplish this without having to start all over with the "make available
offline" process? It took me several days to transfer all of this data the
first time, and I do not want to repeat this exercise.
Thanks.

 

[Don Phillipson]

I have an extensive amount of data stored on my home computer which I have
made available offline to my workplace computer located several miles away. I
would like to move the home desktop data to a new drive on that machine. Can
I accomplish this without having to start all over with the "make available
offline" process? It took me several days to transfer all of this data the
first time, and I do not want to repeat this exercise.

More information would help.
1. How much data? (2 Gb, 200 Gb?)
2. How do you wish to connect?
-- If you can set up both PCs in the same room,
an NIC cable would probably meet your needs.
-- You could network the two via Internet, if this
met your security norms.
-- Most users find an external USB backup drive
the best medium for transfer. This can copy more
than one whole hard drive during your working day,
then recopy it to your home PC during the evening.

 

[Terry R.]

On 11/23/2009 10:49 AM On a whim, wrnoof pounded out on the keyboard

I apologize in advance for this second posting. I believe I posted it in the
wrong forum the first time.

I have an extensive amount of data stored on my home computer which I have
made available offline to my workplace computer located several miles away. I
would like to move the home desktop data to a new drive on that machine. Can
I accomplish this without having to start all over with the "make available
offline" process? It took me several days to transfer all of this data the
first time, and I do not want to repeat this exercise.
Thanks.

You could try searching the registry to see if you can locate all the OF
file cache locations, and if they point to "c:\......" you could move
the file cache to the new drive and try changing all the registry
references. But other than that, I'd say no.

Are you sure you're using Offline Folders, or did you just copy the data
to a folder on your work computer? When does the work computer OF sync
with the home computer? OF is slow on networks with large amounts of
data. If you're using a slower connection, it would be way too slow.

Terry R.