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Hi all.

I have an issue where my C: drive did not have a lot of space, so I set the temporary download folder, the cache folder, and Completed folders all pointing to a removable drive.

After a reboot, my drive was not available so SABNZBD pointed everything back to the default folders on the C drive...  while I still had a single large transfer in my queue. Now I cannot redirect the folders back to my removable drive within the config (says I cannot make changes while having a queue). 

C: drive won't have enough to cover the transfer (100GB total, 30GB remaining, 5GB free space on C drive), and since it is partly through with the transfer, I don't want to delete the queue and try to recreate it unless there is an easy way.

- Can I force redirecting of the folders?
- Is there an easy way to export what is left of the current queue then readd it?

Any other ideas?

Thanks in advance!

If you're very careful, you can move the data.
Stop SABnzbd.
Move or copy all data in the "temporary download" folder to another location.
Open the sabnzbd.ini file using a text editor.
Find the line beginning with
download_dir =
Remove the current folder name (after the "=") and replace it with the full path of the new location.
Save the file and exit the editor.
Start SABnzbd.

Perfect, thanks!

Hi, this doesn't seem to be working anymore. I moved the temp files to the new temp folder, and changed the sabnzbd.ini file as directed, but when I started sabnzbd the queue was blank, and when I went into settings the temp folder was still the old one. Would there be another way to do this?

Thanks.

It should work, provided you actually enter a valid path in the INI file.
If the folder cannot be accessed or is not writable, the default path will be restored.