Windows Plot Mover v1.14.0.0

Fixed crash if it couldn't rename the move file, prior to moving.
Fixed adding ".fpt_part" files to the list of files to move.

See first release for instructions or https://chiaforum.com/t/windows-plot-mover-also-deletes-old-plots-to-make-space/20645

Windows Plot Mover v1.13.0.0

Bug fix - Plot mover would crash if it could not delete a plot for whatever reason.
Also added an error exception tab where exception details will be listed.
Added functionality to copy settings across when upgrading.

For full details see bottom of the releases webpage.

v1.12.0.0 removed as packaged code was from Sep 3, Github is complicated!

Windows Plot Mover v1.1.1.0

Minor bug fix - plot list wasn't cleared if the plot source drive became unavailable.
Add some error catching.

Windows Plot Mover v1.1.0.0

Added ability to move NoSSD fpt plot files.

Selection is by using the two drop down lists.

Windows Plot Mover v1.0.0.1

Minor bug fixes to labels and messages displayed.
Added XCH wallet address for donations.

v1.0.0.0

WARNING

Please review the code to make sure you are happy with what's its doing (the code is available on my Github account), and please use a cold wallet - running programs, especially an EXE where you can't see what's its doing is dangerous, and whilst I'm not doing anything dodgy it doesn't mean someone else's code isn't. You should ALWAYS take precautions to protect your XCH.

Please refer to the Chia Forum for instructions https://chiaforum.com/t/windows-plot-mover-also-deletes-old-plots-to-make-space/20645

This program is designed to run on Windows, although you may need to update dot net.

I wrote this for my own use, but I can see that others with Windows systems struggle moving plots, so have decided to make it publicly available. How it performs is entirely dependant on your hardware.

Once set up it monitors for plots, and moves them to the drives specified, it will also, if required delete plots from specified folders.

The program uses drive letters to make programming simpler, if your drives are mounted in folders, you can also add a drive letter to them via Disk Management, and then remove the drive letter when done. The plot source folder can be on a networked computer, as can the destination drives, you simply need to map the drives to a drive letter.

There will always be a bottle neck somewhere, drive read speeds, drive write speeds, network speeds etc. If using a network please be aware of the limitations of 1GbE which will only really manage one move at a time, I use 10 GbE and have easily moved 6 plots at the same time.

You can add up to 10 drives, the program will rotate through the drives moving plots and deleting if required, until all drives are full. When a drive is full simply change to another drive on the drive locations tab.

I recommend turning on recursive plot scanning in the Chia software, this simplifies adding directories, especially if you use mounted folders, it also makes using this program simpler if your deleting plots. I create two folders on each drive, move all the old plots into a folder called delete plots although the name doesn't matter, and have another folder for the new plots. These two folders are then used in the program.

Last but not least, I am not a programmer, there may be bugs, and it certainly isn't written in the most efficient way, but it works.

Installation: Simply extract the two files from the ZIP and place in a folder, then run Windows Plot Mover. No installation required.

Note:

Code repositories can be found here https://github.com/Ron-ski?tab=repositories
Anybody can download and modify this code, so please only download from here unless you trust the other source - I cannot control what someone else's code/program does.

Currently the Chia Bladebit plotter will crash if the destination drive becomes full, I believe this will be fixed in the next release.