can I have individual databases for multiple Hard Drives

[Flourgrader]

Hi Guys,
I am a newbie to this forum and to using
Everything 1.5a
On first impressions I like this software.
I would like to pose a question?
I have a huge amount of data like 30 terabytes +
Spread across:
6 internal hard drives
4 external hard drives (USB3)
4 Network drives
As a beginner I would like to split this data up :
Something like this:
1 database for my internal hard drives
2 database for my external hard drives (USB3)
3 database for my Network drives.
Then I could load in to Everything whichever database I wanted to search for Files/Folders!
Can someone explain in detail how I would go about doing this
Please in Everything 1.5a ??
Thanks Guys

[void]

Please try multiple instances of Everything:

• Launch an "Internal hard drives" instance of Everything:
• Everything64.exe -instance "Internal Hard Drives"
• Accept the prompt to install the Everything Service (recommended).
• In Everything (Internal Hard Drives), from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the NTFS tab.
• Check/Uncheck Include in database for each desired internal NTFS volume.
• Click OK.

• Launch an "External hard drives" instance of Everything:
• Everything64.exe -instance "External Hard Drives"
• Accept the prompt to install the Everything Service (recommended).
• In Everything (External Hard Drives), from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the NTFS tab.
• Check/Uncheck Include in database for each desired external NTFS volume.
• Click the FAT tab.
• Check Include in database for each desired external volume volume.
• Click OK.

• Launch an "Network drives" instance of Everything:
• Everything64.exe -instance "Network Drives"
• Accept the prompt to install the Everything Service (recommended).
• In Everything (Network Drives), from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the NTFS tab.
• Uncheck Include in database for each NTFS volume.
• Click the Network Drives tab.
• Check Include in database and fast rescan (if the network share is on an NTFS volume) for each desired network drive.
• Click OK.

Some tips:
Hit Ctrl + Break to abort the initial index for each fresh instance you start.
Create a shortcut in shell:startup for each instance to run on system startup.
Create a shortcut on desktop or start menu to each instance.

[Flourgrader]

Thank you very much for a very quick reply.
I will try your suggestion out,
it might take me awhile to do as
I am still finding my way around the software.
Thanks again:

[void]

For each new instance you start I recommend installing the following options:

• In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the General tab on the left.
• Check Store settings and data in %APPDATA%\Everything
• Uncheck Run as administrator.
• Check Everything Service. (Please make sure this is tick-checked and not square-checked)
• Click OK.

[Flourgrader]

Hi Void,
Thanks for the extra tips!
I can see how this is working:
Everything creates files inside C:\Program Files\Everything 1.5a
Called:
Everything-Internal Hard Drives.db
Everything-Internal Hard Drives.ini
If I make a mistake setting it up, or if it does not work as expected,
Can I start again by delete the db file and ini file?
OR would I mess the software up doing that?
Thanks.

[void]

Can I start again by delete the db file and ini file?

Yes, simply exit Everything and delete these files.

Please make sure you enable Check Store settings and data in %APPDATA%\Everything from Tools -> Options -> General for each instance.
Otherwise, Everything might have trouble saving settings and data to disk.

Your settings should then be stored in %APPDATA%\Everything
and your data stored in %LOCALAPPDATA%\Everything

[Flourgrader]

Thank you Void for your help.
I have everything working, just as I wanted.
Have a good day.