Issue with deployment method after moving FO4 mod and staging folders to D:\ drive to save space

[jdkzombie]

So I used Vortex's internal change in settings to change my staging folder for Fallout 4 to my D drive rather than C. D is a normal HDD, albeit a 10k raptor drive, my C is a nice nvme 2.0 ultra.

 

Problem is, after Vortex moved both folders I cannot change the deployment method at all. The option is now a big red warning box with no options to select from. The notification demands I put the folders on the same drive as the game but I mean come on....this is absurd, my fallout folder was taking up SO MUCH ROOM at 155Gb for the staging folder alone. I had a whopping 16gb left on my C drive after Starfield, Snowrunner, BL3, other games I am currently playing at the moment.

 

What can I do the alleviate this? Or should I just leave it and whenever I fall back into the world of Fallout 4, I just swap the folders back over with vortex?

[AugustaCalidia]

Both your Fallout 4 game and its mod staging folder must be on the same drive. That's a Windows requirement for hard link deployment.

[showler]

Having your mods on your slower drive is not a good idea anyway. It doesn't take much modding before your mods are loading more data than the base game, so having the base game on a fast drive and mods on a slower drive will just slow down the entire game.