is there a way i can move all the lime wire files to a external hard drive so that they aren't on my computer. but i can still access them from it.
and get rid of that startup icon in the bottom right corner so that my computer won't be as slow?

Well, it's been a very long time ago when I did this but I will try. This is for OS XP SP2. Not sure about Vista.

Is the new HDD an external plug n play?? Hope so. anyway I'm sure you have it ready to go. When you plugged it in, your computer recognized it as a Letter: i.e. D: drive.
You can try this with one file to see if it works.

In Limewire go to Tools > Options > Saving. Here I created a new save folder, L:\ shared
Make sure to click apply & OK.
Now go to the existing shared folder on C: Drive. Left click any file... See file and folder task left of the files.
Click move file and a pop up window will appear. Now direct the file to the new Drive. If it works now you can right click on the whole folder at the top of the page and direct it to the new drive, and it will start transfering the files to the new save folder.

If anyone else has anything to add please feel free as I said above it has been almost a year since I did mine.

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Foxybro

First off, I agree with Remoc and his explanation of how to save your download files to an external drive. I, myself, now have five externals on which I save and shuffle around my downloaded files.

Now, as described by Remoc, you know how to attach an external USB drive to your XP or Vista PC. Note, that you may also have to designate a drive letter, i.e. a letter of the alphabet not currently used by your existing drives (for this example I am going to use "N"), and if needed format the new drive in NTFS.

This is how I go about setting up my drive to accept LW downloads and shared files:

a) Create a folder on the new drive called, for example, Limewire (this name can be anything).

b) Create another folder under "Limewire" called "Share"

c) Create a second folder under "Limewire" called "Incomplete"

You now should have a main folder and two subfolders:

N:\Limewire\Share

and

N:\Limewire\Incomplete

NB: N:\ can be any alphabetical letter of your own choosing.

Now all you have to do is go into Tools > Options and let your LW app know where you save your files.

This will take the uploading/downloading pressure off your main (C:\) drive but you must understand that this will not speed up your PC. LW, like all windows applications, is dependant on how much memory (RAM) in your PC has and how powerful your CPU is, not which disk you application or data is stored on.



UK Bob