C: or D: for gaming question

[Fouffles]

I don't know a lot about computer stuff, so I am sorry XD I ran out of space in my C: and wanted to know if it was safe or okay to save all my games in my D:?
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(C: )= 4.33 GB free of 118 GB

(D: )= 772 GB free of 931 GB
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Examples of games I do install are like Overwatch/League/Dark Souls

Thank you all for the help! ^-^

 

[Barty1884]

You only *need* your main programs on your 'C' drive.

If you're talking 'save game' files, you can simply move those over & map the location to steam etc (so it knows where to look for the files to load).

If you're talking about moving the game install over, you'll need to re-install the game itself to the drive you wanted to have it on.

 

[greens]

Do it!

There is zero problem. If they are two separate drives, or just two partitions of the same drive - it will work 100% without a problem. Shoot you can install games on externals or network drives if you want!

Just go into D and make a New Folder, name it Program Files, and then when you install a game just switch the install location. Easy as that!

 

[U_GotPwnd]

Yes, as above; C: and D: are just the drive labels, you should have no problems installing games on the second drive.

 

[boosted1g]

I would uninstall (or transfer) a game or two off of your C drive as well.
At 96% capacity your C drive has slown down quite a bit. You should have at bare minimum 10% free


Also, download and run CCleaner, should be able to find a few GB of junk to clear out.

 

[greens]

Given the size of your drives it is safe to assume that the C drive is a 120GB SSD and the D drive is a 1TB platter. The advice to bring the total used space of your C drive down is a good suggestion. SSDs don't like to be at 100% capacity at all.

If i had a 120GB SSD i probably wouldn't install more than 1 or two of my favorite games on it.

 

[dextermat]

Install games on d:
Clean up temporary file or transfer image / video and documents from c drive as a full drive can cause a failure (data corruption and such)

 

[USAFRet]

For Steam games, you can install them on any drive or folder. And it does NOT have to be named "Program Files"
Thusly:
Steam games location
In the steam client:
Steam
Settings
Downloads
Steam Library Folders
Add library folder