Unable to copy mods to Data Folder

[cgrasso10]

Hi all,

 

I'm new to mods and I need some help. Skyrim is the first I'm trying this with and I followed the instructions to copy to the data folder after extracting the file and I get this message: 1 interrupted action. There is not enough space on BethesdaSoftworks.SkyrimSE You need an additional 1.85 GB to copy these files. I have almost 60GB free space after I freed up almost 30GB and I got this same message before and after. I tried another mod and got the same message except the amount was 740KB (the Widescreen fix mod). I've searched and I seem to be the only one having this issue. I'd appreciate any help, this is very frustrating to have this happen because I want to get back to PC gaming and now I'm remembering why I stopped in the first place and that's because of stuff like this. I love consoles but I was a PC gamer first since 1988 with a 386sx 4MB of RAM and 10MB hard drive so I love tinkering and I think PC's are superior to consoles in almost every way except when it comes these types of errors which make no sense because I have plenty of space. Sorry for my rant.

 

Thank you,

Chris

[IsharaMeradin]

Not sure how to help. I've never encountered this before. I think the smallest amount of free space I had for Skyrim and mods was around 250GB on a laptop with a 512GB drive.

 

You may want to move the files from the extracted archive instead of copy / pasting. Though I would recommend a mod manager but if you are already low on space that may not be a good idea.

[xkkmEl]

If you installed Skyrim in a system folder, like "C:\Program Files", you'll need admin credentials to copy the files. If that's the case, I'd suggest reinstalling Skyrim elsewhere, like "C:\Games\Skyrim".

 

Using mods without a mod manager will quickly become a nightmare, especially if you are inexperienced and are going to try out different mods. I'd recommend it, even though it'll exacerbate your disk space issues.