Vortex's Accursed Space

[AlexisTH]

Good afternoon

 

First off, thank you for so much. Using vortex and parasiting the modding community for so many hours of enjoyment in Skyrim has been a guilty pleasure.

 

Now, I'm sure this has been a topic before but the actual problem for me remains.

Yes, yes, I understand that hardlinks are not actual copies.

Yes, I understand the space is still there but Windows doesn't recognize that fact. That's just the thing though: if windows won't let me use that space and nor will any other download tool because the software's answer is the same (no more space buddy), what am I supposed to do with the logic you guys present over and over again in detriment to your patience? What are my actual options to make use of the very real but not so present space?

 

I have 100+ gb's worth of mods, which for windows turns into 200 gbs. Hardlinks are not copies, I get that. Still, I have no more space says Windows, and she doesn't seem to listen when I explain she does to the monitor. Is there anything I can do to get my 100 GBs back?

 

Thank you for your time

[AugustaCalidia]

What happens if you purge your hardlinks after exiting your games?  Does that help?

[HeyYou]

1 hour ago, AugustaCalidia said:

What happens if you purge your hardlinks after exiting your games?  Does that help?

Kinda defeats the purpose though, doesn't it? Windows thinks the space is in use, and it will not let you use it twice..... If the drive is running out of space, the real answer here.... Is a bigger drive.

[ChemBoy1]

Yes, purging mods removes the hardlinks and would open up the space. 

[AugustaCalidia]

Windows reports a 47.3 GB file size for my deployed Skyrim SE.  However, it reports a 15.5 GB file size for my purged Skyrim SE.

When exiting Vortex managed games, I always purge so as to avoid erroneous Windows memory issues.

[Tannin42]

There is a bit of a misunderstanding of how this works.

Windows sees the links as using up space but it doesn't affect the amount of free disk space it sees on disk or how much you can add to your disk.

Maybe an example: Say you have a 512GB disk. You have 400GB of files and then you create hard links for all of them.

a) This works no problem
b) Your windows explorer will say you have 800GB of files on your 512GB disk with 112GB still available
c) you can still add 112GB worth of files to your disk

What gets "misrepresented" is only used space, not how much is left.

The conclusion is: If your disk is full then it's full of actual files, the hard links don't actually matter.

[AugustaCalidia]

3 hours ago, Tannin42 said:

What gets "misrepresented" is only used space, not how much is left.

The conclusion is: If your disk is full then it's full of actual files, the hard links don't actually matter.

Thank you for this very helpful clarification. 

[AlexisTH]

Thanks for your attention and response. 
 

I checked the purge method and it seems Windows wasn't considering these hardlinks within the accounted space, therefore had been accurate all along with how much space I have, which is none

Thanks for the help

Edited April 22 by AlexisTH

[HeyYou]

2 hours ago, AlexisTH said:

Thanks for your attention and response. 
 

I checked the purge method and it seems Windows wasn't considering these hardlinks within the accounted space, therefore had been accurate all along with how much space I have, which is none

Thanks for the help

Time for an UPGRADE!!!