On Wednesday, July 12, 2017 at 2:47:40 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Wed, 12 Jul 2017 11:15:51 -0400, John H
wrote:

On Wed, 12 Jul 2017 10:45:09 -0400, wrote:

On Wed, 12 Jul 2017 04:59:24 -0400, John H
wrote:

On Tue, 11 Jul 2017 20:18:38 -0400, wrote:

On Tue, 11 Jul 2017 19:05:43 -0400, John H
wrote:

On Tue, 11 Jul 2017 17:25:31 -0400, wrote:

Nothing more than simply copying the directory over and then copying
it back when I get home. I use my file sync software that only copies
the files that changed. but the only big file is the data file so it
really doesn't make that much difference.
I assume newer versions still work the same way (not "installed")


I may try that. Thanks.

It is easy enough to try. Just copy the directory to a thumb and plug
it in somewhere. The only place you might have trouble if you are
launching or storing a file in a directory that is not present on the
other machine. That is not really an issue if you are only using text
groups.

Will give it a shot with the laptop. Too many good books and music out there to use only text
groups.

If you are using a binary group, just be sure the target for launching
and saving is present on your host machine. C:/downloads is always a
safe bet although I don't normally advise storing data on the C:
drive. Usually in a laptop you do not have a choice because most only
have one drive bay.

External drive is always possible.

At a certain point you defeat the purpose of a lap top if you have too
many doodads hanging off of it. ;-)
If you really need to do binaries on vacation use a big enough thumb
drive to handle it and set the output drive to E:\downloads or
whatever it maps to.
I have a little box of thumb drives I take on vacation with lots of
movies, music and whatever. It helps if you are in a place with no
decent broadband and you catch a rainy day. It is seldom that we go to
a place with fast enough broadband to stream anything.
We decided last month that N.C. stands for "Not Connected".

I bring an external hard drive anyway. That and a mouse receiver get plugged into the laptop at a campsite, if I use the laptop at all.