C Drive Full. OK to Move Audio Files?

Well, my C drive is almost full so I must move Something.  Is it OK to move my Drum Audio loops to another drive and then tell Sonar where to find them?

Sure.  In fact, if you have a large amount of samples on your C: drive, they can all be moved elsewhere. 
 
You probably also have a lot of junk (temp files, logs, old installers) that can be disposed of.  Use Windows disk cleanup or a utility like CCleaner to identify and nuke the clutter.
 

Also, Sonar no longer can find my moved audio files.  I have updated the info in Preferences under Audio File Location.  What else must I do, please?
 
And, I want also to move my Drum MIDI loops.  How do I tell Sonar where to find them, Please?
 
Thank you!
 

timidi
yes

Good answer.
 
Short and to the point.
 
I wish I could do that, but I can't.
 
Always have to elaborate, see?
 
I'm rambling now aren't I? I just can't help myself. Sometimes a little padding out of the answer can add colour and useful background information or give some insight into the personality of the poster and therefore give the person asking the question some idea on whether or not they can trust the credibility of the answer because maybe it was wrong and the person providing it a clueless idiot ? That's not the case here, but hey it's the interwebs and nothing is real, right ? Who knows who he really is? It could be that he doesn't even know that he answered a question. Mebbe his cat just walked across his keyboard while he was busy laying down a killer guitar riff and the answer is really no and has no idea that he has just unleashed potential doom upon your pc.
 
That's why I thought it was important to add the reassurance of a second opinion. But then I might be a know nothing idiot too ? Hmm, I didn't think that through properly did I ? Oh well, at least you can be reasonably certain that a cat didn't accidentally type this one.
 
So, that's a Yes. 
 
I think.......
 
Yes, I'm pretty sure he's right. 
 
If he's not then don't blame me.
 
 
He said it first.

Are you using a directory per song containing an audio subfolder with all audio WAVs?  If so, you can set folder location in preferences and just move the folder containing the CW files and the underlying subfolder with audio WAV files. 
 
When you say sonar can't find it the moved files - what specifically is the message and how are you trying to open them?  You won't be able to use the drop down menu from recently accessed projects, because those will be pointing to the old location.  You'll have to either click Open in Sonar (and navigate to the new location where you moved the files) or use windows explorer to open the project file in the new location. 
 
btw.. MIDI (drum loop) files are typically very small.  Moving them won't clear up much space at all.  Did you mean to say drum sample library files?  
 
Another option would be the "clean audio folder" utility to remove old / unused WAV files from projects.  Depending on how many projects / tracks / comp takes you have and when this utility was last ran, this could easily free up several GB.  A quick search should reveal plenty threads in this forum to guide you through that process.

marvinglenn2
...Is it OK to move all of Sonar's files to another drive?...

 
The application itself needs to remain in the place where it was installed.

So, what else have you moved off the C-drive so far? Projects? Multisamples?

easiest way... create a symbolic link on your c-drive (named as the original location) that points to your new location.
So, let's say it used to be c:\drumFiles, which you copied to e:\drumfiles, open a command prompt, and type the following command:
 
mklink /d c:\drumfiles e:\drumfiles
 
Make sure the C:\drumfiles directory isn't on your drive anymore before you run the above command. If your names included spaces, put the location in quotes (eg mklink /d "c:\drum files" "e:\drum files")
 
Your pc will act as if the files are still where they used to be, while in reality they are stored in their new location.
So, no need to tell sonar where to find them, as for Sonar, they haven't moved...

Thank you all, again, for your patience and help.  Because I learned there is no way to undo a command prompt that is done wrong, I've decided to put some of my audio library back onto my C drive and live with it that way.  I can always drag and drop a specific audio file into Sonar anyway if I need it.
 
Until next time, All The Best!

Thanks for the reminder, riojazz.   I clean out as much as I can from the command center downloads.