Help installing mods on (D:)Drive

[Moonuela]

Hello. I've used Vortex in the past to mod stardew valley and skyrim when i had my windows system and games all installed in the same location ((C:)Drive), but recently i bought a SSD and i only use it for my windows, i avoid installing anything there since it doesn't have much space.

The thing is, i want to install Skyrim Special Edition via Steam (both installed on my (D:)Drive) and mod it using Vortex and i tried finding tutorials but couldn't. I'm really bad at changing folders and locations so i would greatly appreciate a small tutorial for dumbs (myself). I looked the forum for it but couldn't find any, and i already had trouble in the past trying to do it without proper knowledge, the only thing i know is that i can't put mods in my vortex install directory. Please be patient with me, i'm really a beginner. I don't have any screenshots to attach since i want to do it properly from the start so i haven't installed anything yet.

Edited December 29, 2021 by Moonuela

[Pickysaurus]

Make sure your D:\ drive has an NTFS file system, then change the staging folder location for each game in the settings menu.

[Moonuela]

I looked on google what is NTFS file system and it is really confusing, can you please explain a bit further?

[HeyYou]

If you open file explorer, click on This PC, it will show all the drives in your machine. Right click on your D drive, then left click on 'properties' in the context menu that comes up. On the general tab, it will tell you what kind of file system it uses.

[lovelynine]

On 12/29/2021 at 9:15 AM, Pickysaurus said:

"then change the staging folder location for each game in the settings menu" 

what does this mean? Should i create the folders or should i just move everything to the d drive if it has the NTSF.