How to access files on different drives to the root

"Mark ROss" <mark.TakeThisOut@tuesdayclub.co.uk> wrote in message
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 > Hi,
 >
 > I've just got a Windows 2003 dedicated server but unfortunately am a
 > bit new to IIS administration. My problem is that the root directory
 > is set to the default c:\inetpub\Www_root. However the server is
 > partioned into 2 drives - C: which is 10GB and D: which is 20GB. I
 > need to host a large number of large multimedia files on the server
 > and obviously the D: drive looks like the best option. Is this
 > possible without moving the whole website to d:\inetpub\Www_root?

Sure, just create as many virtual directories pointing to D: as you need.

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On 18 Feb 2004 12:39:55 -0800, mark.RemoveThis@tuesdayclub.co.uk (Mark ROss)
wrote:

 >I've just got a Windows 2003 dedicated server but unfortunately am a
 >bit new to IIS administration. My problem is that the root directory
 >is set to the default c:\inetpub\Www_root. However the server is
 >partioned into 2 drives - C: which is 10GB and D: which is 20GB. I
 >need to host a large number of large multimedia files on the server
 >and obviously the D: drive looks like the best option. Is this
 >possible without moving the whole website to d:\inetpub\Www_root?

Moving the web site consists of moving the entire folder structure and
changing the home directory in the settings for the web site, quite
simple to do. The alternative is to use a virtual folder for the
balance of your content on the other drive.

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Hello,

Yes, you can use something called "Virtual Directory"

You can find more information here:

"HOW TO: Create a Virtual Directory in Windows 2000"
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"Mark ROss" <mark.TakeThisOut@tuesdayclub.co.uk> wrote in message
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 > Hi,
 >
 > I've just got a Windows 2003 dedicated server but unfortunately am a
 > bit new to IIS administration. My problem is that the root directory
 > is set to the default c:\inetpub\Www_root. However the server is
 > partioned into 2 drives - C: which is 10GB and D: which is 20GB. I
 > need to host a large number of large multimedia files on the server
 > and obviously the D: drive looks like the best option. Is this
 > possible without moving the whole website to d:\inetpub\Www_root?
 >
 > TIA
 >
 > Mark.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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Another option:
If your drives are NTFS formatted (they should be, if you're running IIS and
Internet-facing software), you can MOUNT one partition onto another (similar
to *nix's mount command). This is useful if you have applications that are
hard-coded to drive-letters and you can't move the drive letters around --
but you CAN mount a larger partition into the drive-letter namespace of
another, thus buying you time.

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"Mark ROss" <mark.TakeThisOut@tuesdayclub.co.uk> wrote in message
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Hi,

I've just got a Windows 2003 dedicated server but unfortunately am a
bit new to IIS administration. My problem is that the root directory
is set to the default c:\inetpub\Www_root. However the server is
partioned into 2 drives - C: which is 10GB and D: which is 20GB. I
need to host a large number of large multimedia files on the server
and obviously the D: drive looks like the best option. Is this
possible without moving the whole website to d:\inetpub\Www_root?

TIA

Mark.
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