Moving Skyrim Mods to a New Drive

[aragorn767]

Hey all. So I have a hefty 41gb Skyrim Mods folder on my desktop (Drive C: 256gb). I would like to move it to my 2nd drive (E: 2tb) to clear space on my C Drive. Skyrim SE is installed on C:, as is Vortex, and Vortex is claiming the mod staging for Skyrim SE is c:\\users\user\desktop\skyrim mods. Would moving the massive mod staging folder be as simple as copying it to E: and then changing the mod staging location on Vortex to wherever it's located in E:, or would there be issues, being Skyrim is running on C:?

[Pickysaurus]

Only move your staging folders inside Vortex, doing so manually WILL break it.

 

My recommendation:

1) Purge your mods from the toolbar in Vortex.

2) Move your staging folder from settings.

3) Exit Vortex once this completes.

4) Uninstall and reinstall the game so it's on the same HDD as your staging folder.

5) Open Vortex and deploy.

[aragorn767]

Do Skyrim and it's mods need to run off of the same drive? Also, would all this affect my saves?

[HadToRegister]

Do Skyrim and it's mods need to run off of the same drive? Also, would all this affect my saves?

 

The Vortex Mod Staging Folder needs to be on the same drive as your game.

The only way it will affect your saves games is if you install different mods, or don't install mods that you were using with your old saves.

[Rattledagger]

 

4) Uninstall and reinstall the game so it's on the same HDD as your staging folder.

 

Or use Steam to move the game to another disk...