Running BCM at home PC and on corp. issued laptop. Need to keep my BCM
contacts and info off of the corp. laptop(as BCM info is my asset),
therefore, wondering if I can run BCM directly from a 1G USB Mem
stick(thumbdrive). Can it be done?
...have done this with Goldmine this last week, just not real e{*filter*}d about
the program.
Obviously, you have to back up often when using a USB drive, ....really hope
someone knows if this can be accomplished. Home OS is XP Home, laptop at
work is XP Pro. Drive letters are the same on both computers.
Can BCM be installed and run from a USB Thumbdrive?
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Can BCM be installed and run from a USB Thumbdrive?
by UmVkIERvZw » Sat, 21 Jan 2006 14:47:02 GMT
Re: Can BCM be installed and run from a USB Thumbdrive?
by Luther » Sun, 22 Jan 2006 02:44:39 GMT
I suspect the only way to do that seamlessly would be if the thumbdrive has the C:\Documents and Settings\red_dog folder, because that's where the bcm db file is kept.
Re: Can BCM be installed and run from a USB Thumbdrive?
by UmVkIERvZw » Sun, 22 Jan 2006 11:46:02 GMT
Luther,....could you explain a little. Is there a place to change the settings where Outlook points to the target file? Is that what you're getting at?
Re: Can BCM be installed and run from a USB Thumbdrive?
by Luther » Tue, 24 Jan 2006 02:04:22 GMT
I believe that with Outlook you can point it to a PST file anywhere on the file system. On the other hand, BCM appears to have hardcoded their database location to a particular folder, under the Windows user's folder; under C:\Documents and Settings\Luther in my case. Unless you convince Windows to move the C:\Documents and Settings folder to your thumb drive, I don't think there's anyway to change the location of the BCM database file. I also suspect sqlserver won't allow a database to reside on a removable drive.
Re: Can BCM be installed and run from a USB Thumbdrive?
by UmVkIERvZw » Sun, 26 Mar 2006 03:09:01 GMT
I guess that the real issue is the sql server,...as I have found if the database software (ie. BCM or ACT) uses SQL, then it will not allow for data on a thumbdrive.
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