moving installed game (BF3) from HDD to SSD

[dmoney1980]

I have a 64gb M4 that I use primarily for my OS. I'm playing the heck out of BF3 but I have that installed on my platter drive. I would like to move the game to my SSD to speed things up, so I'm wondering what's the best way to do it. I have set Origin to install all my games on my D drive (platter), so would I just go to the Origin folder in D and do a cut/ paste job of the BF3 folder to my SSD?

 

[biostud]

you can try to use the program steammover, just select the correct directories

http://www.traynier.com/software/steammover

 

[dmoney1980]

you can try to use the program steammover, just select the correct directories

http://www.traynier.com/software/steammover

awesome, thanks for the info. I'll do that tonight.

 

[DesiPower]

I think it talks about steampowered games only. Actually moving steam games is very easy you don't even need this software.

For non steam games, like origin or installed from CD, you might need something else...

 

[dmoney1980]

you can try to use the program steammover, just select the correct directories

http://www.traynier.com/software/steammover

I tried this last night and it worked! The site states that this should work with other applications since it uses a windows script to move all the necessary files.

thanks again!

 

[AnitaPeterson]

From my experience (and I'm sure I posted a thread a few years ago about it*), you can move MOST games around directly, without a third-party specialized application.


*yep, here it is: http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=60241&highlight=move+games - and BF2 is mentioned at the end (though I have no experience with it...)

 

[dmoney1980]

From my experience (and I'm sure I posted a thread a few years ago about it*), you can move MOST games around directly, without a third-party specialized application.


*yep, here it is: http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=60241&highlight=move+games - and BF2 is mentioned at the end (though I have no experience with it...)

great, thanks. I was not sure since this relies on Origin