So I finally bought an external hard drive and loaded Daz Studio onto it. I've been trying to send my related files (textures/morphs/clothing/etc) to it as well, but for some reason Daz is not getting these files. This is where I sent them: G:/Daz Studio/content. G is my external hard drive.

Why are these files not getting into the content folder on the hard drive? Please let me know how to do this, I'm tired of having to reinstall everything after I reformat my computer. :)

D|S since version 2.1 has two ways of viewing content:

1. Folder views, which show the folder structure as it's laid out on the hard drive, and
2. Category views, which use a database.

Category view lets you rearrange your content in whatever categories you want without changing the folder structure on the disk.  However, to use it you have to do a Search for Content in order to populate the database.  This puts everything it finds in the Unassigned category, from which you can move it around wherever you like.

Category view is the default, so you need click the triangle in the upper right corner of the content tab and either:

1. Change to a Folder view, or
2. Search for Content.
    

Okay, so everything's showing up now...how exactly can I categorize them how I like? I searched for content and it all popped up, but now I can't rearrange all the hair into one category, all the clothing into another, etc...

Hey
Thanks for posting this question. I'd like to know that too, I just transferred to a new drive.
In my content, though, I have all sorts of inj/rem icons that were not "visible" before. Not sure what happened there...I thought maybe I scanned the wrong folder...any ideas?

To create categories, right-click where you want it and choose "create category".  You can drag individual items or entire folders into the category you want, or you can right-click on an item (or a bunch of items that are all selected), choose categorize, and get a cascading menu with checkboxes.

Hmm...I'm not exactly sure what you're saying. It's been awhile since I used Daz, and the new version is confusing me. Could you possibly take it step by step and/or show screenshots of what you're doing? Should I be under "View Categories as a List" or "View Categories as a Tree"? I tried dragging and dropping and it's not working...I have a feeling I'm doing this wrong. LOL.

Here is a link to the best tutorial I've found on learning to use the Content Manager:

   Content Manager Tutorial

 

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Thanks, I'll check it out. :)

Awesome, that helped me a lot. Thanks so much!!  :)