anjenthedog Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 I've been "remiss in my personal oversight on disk allocations" (coughs "lazy" under his breath) and now find that Vortex is gobbling up a very large chunk of my primary hard drive's space (170G of 500G ... SSD) Can you provide some suggestions in how I should reduce that loading? For instance, can the Vortex downloads folder, (which I understand - from various posts I've read here and there - is basically only used once for each mod unless a reinstallation is performed, at least for Nexus/Vortex transactions) be located on a secondary drive without issue? If what I've read about space used by a given mod under Vortex is correct, that would probably shave a third of Vortex's overall consumption, leaving me with another ~55ish G of freespace harddrive and a bit more of a comfortable overhead on the primary drive. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
showler Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 The download folder can be pretty much anywhere. It's the ideal candidate to put on a cheaper larger HD, even an external one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anjenthedog Posted July 12, 2023 Author Share Posted July 12, 2023 The download folder can be pretty much anywhere. It's the ideal candidate to put on a cheaper larger HD, even an external one.Ah... Thanks for the confirmation! Ok checked the setting for vortex and you're right. So, does Vortex need to access them (I presume it needs them for re-ininstalls or fomod associated changes), and (if) so, should I1) create a downloads folder on other drive2) move existing skyrim download files to new folder3) reconfigure Vortex to point to new folder or... something else? I just want to make sure I do things in the right way. Skyrim can be fussy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
showler Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 If you change the path in the Vortex settings to a new _empty_ folder on another drive, then Vortex will move all the files for you. If you move them outside of Vortex things can get confusing. Vortex might need to access them if it needs to make any changes to the deployment folder, but otherwise doesn't really care if they exist or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anjenthedog Posted July 12, 2023 Author Share Posted July 12, 2023 Ok, so Vortex (ideally?) wants to be the folder creator, right? Or can I just point it to an empty folder of my choice? (I have oodles of space on my archive drive, so that's not an issue) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution showler Posted July 12, 2023 Solution Share Posted July 12, 2023 I think you need to create the folder first. Or it may have the generic Windows "make new folder" option while selecting the folder. It just has to be empty or Vortex won't accept it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anjenthedog Posted July 12, 2023 Author Share Posted July 12, 2023 thanks for the help showler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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