So, you are saying that any .COL datafiles should be able to be stored on another SATA drive? And maybe in a folder(dir) called 'movie-data', or 'contact-data' ... I have tried this (Vista 64bit) and Collection Studio crashes...

Thank you for trying to understand this issue...

I just realized the above looks really bad in that text formatting!!!! Let me try again!!!

...I still have a big issue with the software.

I am running 3 SATA hard-disks.

On C:/ I put all my software/programs and

on D:/, I put all my documents, mp3, movies, and datafiles.

In other words, I have all my user-files on the D:/ drive.

- When I backup, I use a fantastic drive synchronization tool called BeyondCompare (http://www.scootersoftware.com/) .... BC copies ANY changes to my datafiles to an external USB Toshiba hard-disk. So my machine is always perfectly backed up.... Very safe indeed.

However, sad fact is that Collection Studio doesn't seem to allow storing of datafiles/datasets on different drives. Can you please clarify this issue?

Hello guys, thank you for the attachments (.doc and.pdf) feature. You did a great job. (and you have my money!) But, I still have a big issue with the software. I am running 3 SATA hard-disks. On C:/ I put all my software and on D:/, I put all my documents, mp3, movies, and datafiles. In other words, I have all my user-files on the D:/ drive.

- When I backup, I use a fantastic drive synchronization tool called BeyondCompare (http://www.scootersoftware.com/) .... BC copies ANY changes to my datafiles to an external USB Toshiba hard-disk. So my machine is always perfectly backed up.... Very safe indeed.

However, sad fact is that Collection Studio doesn't seem to allow storing of datafiles/datasets on different drives. Can you please clarify this issue? Thank you, Glen.

Well, the simple request that I described is this:

"to execute local links on local machine (such as PDF and DOC), in the same way that it (Collection Studio) currently executes HTML internet links." It doesn't sound too difficult to me...

I also wait for a reply from the developers of this great software...

I am not a registered user, but I absolutely guarantee I will register when (if) this feature gets implemented. I spend real money every year on software, but have NO use for your great software, if it can't do this:

I have several hundred PDF documents and need to catalog them onto a central index. Your great software would do the job VERY well, as the central index.

Basically what I have is a huge collection of TV and Radio documentaries on various high capacity drives that are all attached to my machine. For each documentary, there is also a PDF or DOC description... I don't need to scan/index the text within the PDF, as in software like 'diskMETA-Personal' (although this would also be a great feature for oneday!), but I DO need to execute the PDF or DOC from within the search results of Collection Studio. In the same way as the HTML links will execute Internet Explorer, I need Acrobat to execute for the PDF and Word to execute for the DOC results.

So, as a final example... If I go searching for BBC Africa 2007 ... I will see all the BBC dcoumentaries made about Africa in the year 2007 - and be able to execute a full PDF or DOC description that is held in the relevant folder on my machine. I believe this suggested feature is so HOT that you could sell this software to many media organisations as soon as they know about this feature.

Thank you for reading this...

Glen