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PWolff
2 years ago

Windows, do I suspect?

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Depends on the respective games.

Some programs (including games) have all the data they need in their own folder or in two separate folders, one for all users of the computer together and one for each individual user or in addition on an outsourced server (“in the cloud”) – in this case it is enough to move the folder(s) and, if necessary, adjust a setting file a little.

Some programs create dozens to hundreds of entries in many different places in the registry and may still place your own settings files in obscure places – these are usually only moved by uninstalling and reinstalling if at all: too often the developers of the uninstall program overlook one and the other, and you have a “untotes” program in the system; then only helps reinstall the operating system.

Most programs are somewhere in between.

That’s why I recommend that you look for this question for every single game in the forums.

Prepare to reinstall the entire operating system. Both psychic and backup mode.

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If you know a little deeper with the “NTFS” file system of Windows, you can also create “junctions” for each program (with the exception of the file system driver) as if a folder or a file are located in a specific location, but the folder or file is located somewhere else, also on another hard drive (fixed disk) of the same computer: https://superuser.com/questions/67870/what-is-the-difference-between-ntfs-hard-links-and-directory-junctions

However, this is a rather confusing matter (and according to some reports from various internet forums also a little prone to errors).

A few times I have already successfully set up such “adjustments”. But only as an emergency help or as a proof-of-concept.

MichaelSAL74
2 years ago

Not at all

You have to uninstall and reinstall it on the new disk

What you can do: copy to the n eu disk, then uninstall the “original” and reinstall it on the new disk, and with some luck, he then takes over the files that are already present there

FaTech
2 years ago

Best not at all, because then registry entries are set incorrectly. Reinstalling the software/game would be better

Nelly1640
2 years ago

You can best use a professional software. I find AOMEI Partition Assistant to Move games to another hard drive. It is able to move games from HDD to SSD with just a few clicks, and the process does not cause data loss. All video games from popular game distribution platforms such as Steam, Blizzard and Origin are supported by this software.

Kujo01243
2 years ago

Reinstall