Storage and transfer to harddrive

[CherryWaves]

Hello how can i see the total storage my Pokertracker 4 is taking up on my pc?

Also, is it possible o transfer all my pokertracker database and everything to a new harddrive?

Thank you

[CherryWaves]

If I wanted to run Pokertracker 4 on an empty harddrive, what can I do?

I dont necessarily need to have it running with my old database. A new one is fine.

Is it as simple as uninstalling PT4 from my computer? And then install again on the new drive.

Would this delete my databases?

Thanks

[Flag_Hippo]

Hello how can i see the total storage my Pokertracker 4 is taking up on my pc?

PokerTracker 4 stores your poker data in a program called PostgreSQL. If you go to 'Database -> Database Management' in PokerTracker 4 you should be able to see the size of your current database(s).

Also, is it possible o transfer all my pokertracker database and everything to a new harddrive?

You would need to backup your poker data, uninstall PostgreSQL, reinstall PostgreSQL on the other drive and then restore your data.

If I wanted to run Pokertracker 4 on an empty harddrive, what can I do?

I dont necessarily need to have it running with my old database. A new one is fine.

Is it as simple as uninstalling PT4 from my computer? And then install again on the new drive.

PokerTracker 4 doesn't take up much space so there isn't much to gain installing it elsewhere. If you have space concerns then you can manage where PostgreSQL is installed.

Would this delete my databases?

Uninstalling PokerTracker 4 doesn't delete databases. Uninstalling PostgreSQL doesn't delete databases either as the PostgreSQL 'data' folder gets left behind when uninstalling should it be needed again in future. You can delete databases in PokerTracker 4 via the database management window or you can manually delete the PostgreSQL 'data' folder after uninstalling PostgreSQL if you want to permanently delete that data and recover disk space.

[CherryWaves]

Thanks for your quick reply as always.

So yeah the issue is that my pc is running out of storage space (shown in screenshot).

So is what you recommend doing as I understand it is uninstalling postgres, and then reinstalling it on the new empty harddrive?

From that point on, the database would be stored inside the new harddrive.

Is that correct?

[Flag_Hippo]

So is what you recommend doing as I understand it is uninstalling postgres, and then reinstalling it on the new empty harddrive?

From that point on, the database would be stored inside the new harddrive.

Is that correct?

After reinstalling PostgreSQL only new databases or databases restored from a backup file would be on the new drive. If you want to transfer an existing database you will need to create a backup before uninstalling PostgreSQL. Bear in mind if your existing database is larger than your current free space you will need to free up space equivalent to the size of the database being backed up. Alternatively you can configure Windows to use the new drive for the temporary files need to create the backup:

Guide: Windows Temporary Files

If you are going to reinstall PostgreSQL on the new drive our current recommended version of PostgreSQL is v12 which you can download from here. Please note that if the C: drive is an SSD and the D: drive is a HDD then there also will be a performance hit when storing your data on the slower drive.