<p>I don't think you can make bitcoin core look for the wallet.dat file outside of the specified data directory, but I think you can make a symbolic link called wallet.dat in the data directory and have it connected to the actual file on another drive. You can find info on how to do that here:<br>
<a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/16226/complete-guide-to-symbolic-links-symlinks-on-windows-or-linux/" rel="nofollow">http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/16226/complete-guide-to-symbolic-links-symlinks-on-windows-or-linux/</a></p>

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2016-07-01T00:43:49.510Z
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jwinterm
<p>Obviously with datadir=C:... I can chance the directory bitcoin uses. I would like to store my wallet on a different hard drive than the blockchain. Is there a command for that?</p>

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Setting wallet directory independent to data directory
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# Setting wallet directory independent to data directory

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-07-01)

Obviously with datadir=C:... I can chance the directory bitcoin uses. I would like to store my wallet on a different hard drive than the blockchain. Is there a command for that?

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### Answer by username_1 on 2016-07-01. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

I don't think you can make bitcoin core look for the wallet.dat file outside of the specified data directory, but I think you can make a symbolic link called wallet.dat in the data directory and have it connected to the actual file on another drive. You can find info on how to do that here:  
<http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/16226/complete-guide-to-symbolic-links-symlinks-on-windows-or-linux/>


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