Skeldal Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 Hi everyone. Some time ago I moved my Skyrim + mods to a new SSD I got here. No problems, it ran without any issues. But yesterday, I needed some space on SSD, so I decided to move all again to HDD. The problems starts when I moved the folder manually (and only later I remembered that Vortex already can move the mods if you move the game to another folder, and it's the right way, etc.). Everything is ok on the HDD, the game runs with the mods, no problems, but in SSD, it still keep the used space from the mods folder, like that folder was not moved in the end (but it's not there anymore too). There's a way to fix that problem? I have ~20 GB of used space that I can't free, and the only folder moved was that from the Vortex mods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HadToRegister Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 That's because you moved the folder OUTSIDE of Vortex, so Vortex has no way of knowing you moved it, so it must've duplicated back onto your SSD.This is where you should move the folder from, not by using Windows Explorer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeldal Posted August 12, 2020 Author Share Posted August 12, 2020 Sorry for the long delay. I already know Vortex have this tool to move mods, but how I said, I did that BEFORE know it unfortunately, and I tried to "move again" by Vortex, but it gives me an error because the files are not there anymore. And obviously, moving manually caused the problem, but nothing about Vortex is in the SSD anymore. No duplicates files, everything seems to be ok on HD. Anyway, thanks for the answer, but I will format the SSD because I'm changing some hardwares like motherboard and RAM, so that will not be a problem anymore I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmm200 Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 Did you tell Vortex where the game is now? It may still think it is on the SSD.Your mod staging directory had to be on the same drive as the game - and I am thinking you did not move it.Your game probably runs with the mods because Windows did a "deep copy" of all your mod hard links, and you wound up with real copies of your mods in your game directory.If I were you - I would use Steam to uninstall and reinstall your game. Purge first in Vortex...Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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