The Plex database / metadata data is increasing on my Windows 7 workstation. I need to move it from its current location on the system partition to another drive. What is the correct procedure for moving the data?

I am closing this thread, because the instructions above are outdated. New procedure is laid out here: [HowTo] An extended guide on how to move the Plex data folder on Windows

This post is no longer up-to-date. Please go here for the current version of the instructions: [HowTo] An extended guide on how to move the Plex data folder on Windows End plex go to the ‘Services’ control panel of Windows and Stop the ‘Plex Update Service’ copy this folder and all its con…

Otto, I just had to do that exact thing. I actually following the instructions to a T... I lost ALL of my metadata! I am now updating the database and the metadata is coming back but not getting a single image! Any ideas what could be preventing the images from appearing? Firewall, router, etc a…

Some of the things that can cause problems with metadata scrapping: Moving app data folder to a ReFS drive or a drive pool - getting textual info, but not getting posters seemed to be typical. Security related products - anit-virus, firewall settings, adblocking, web filtering software etc.

Some of the things that can cause problems with metadata scrapping: Moving app data folder to a ReFS drive or a drive pool - getting textual info, but not getting posters seemed to be typical. Security related products - anit-virus, firewall settings, adblocking, web filtering software etc. D…

Drive pool would be my issue then. I moved my data to a pool. Why would that have any bearing on things? Symlink support is missing from many drive pool solutions. And this is what makes Plex tick. Am i better off adding a dedicated drive just for the Plex database? I'd say yes. Give it…

So, I just copied the Media and Thumbnails folders to another location and then made a symbolic link to them and all along I could have just copied everything over and told Plex to do it (rather than figure it out on my own)? Would it be best to move everything else over and do it in Plex setup?

I did the move from my SSD drive to an HDD with large storage on the same PC. All worked fine except Plex Server seemed to be writing data due the folder every few seconds and prevented it spinning down. All other settings are default except “Enable Plex Media Server debug logging” is turned off. Wh…

@fireblade45 said: I did the move from my SSD drive to an HDD with large storage on the same PC. All worked fine except Plex Server seemed to be writing data due the folder every few seconds and prevented it spinning down. All other settings are default except “Enable Plex Media Server debug loggi…

I’m unsure why this seems to be complicated. On Windows I simply created a Plex folder on an empty SSD drive, copied the “Plex Media Server” folder to it, changed the path in the Settings to (in my case) F:\Plex, exited Plex, stopped the update service, then rebooted. Everything worked perfectly, so…

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splitpixel February 13, 2015, 12:29pm 2

Anybody?

Trying to free up space on main hard drive

Unable to change directory for "Plex App Data"

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