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Some users want to keep their Gramps data on a removable drive, either for portability between computers or for security.  This document describes how to accomplish that, and should work whether using a floppy disk, a flash drive, or an external hard drive.  Unfortunately, there are no easy instructions for installing Gramps and its dependencies on a removable drive, so these instructions assume and require that Gramps be installed on any computer to which you connect the drive.

{{man warn|[[How to make a backup|Make Regular Backups]]|Since removable drives can be more fragile and more easily lost than the hard drive in your computer, be sure to make regular backups of your data if you use this technique.  For that matter, you should always make regular backups of important data anyway, because stuff can happen to your hard drive, too.  But be especially careful if your data is stored on floppies or flash drives.}}