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<H1><A NAME="howto_externaldrives"></A>How to index network drives, USB memory sticks, external drives, etc...</H1>

<p>By default, only local drives are included into databases. You can also index nonlocal drives, 
such as network drives or USB memory sticks. To do that:
<ul>
<li>open Settings dialog and select Databases tab,</li>
<li>select a database which you want to include the content 
of the drive and press Edit or create a new database,</li>
<li>choose "Custom" check box, and</li>
<li>use "Add Directory" button to add the drives and directories 
to the list of drivers and directories.</li>
</ul></p>

<p>If the external drive, network share or other directory is 
unavailable when the database is updated, the content of this drive or directory is skipped 
and the database will not contain any information about this drive or directory. 
However, you can use "Stop if root unavailable" option to prevent this happen. 
If this option is enabled, the update process is stopped when unavailable drive or
directory is discovered. </p>

<p>
Note that this "stopping" means that the database is not updated at all if drive or 
directory is unavailable (this is due to the fact that databases are written just at the end of 
updating process). Therefore, you should setup databases such that drives which may become 
unavailable are in separate databases.
</p>