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Jhon_Conners
9 years ago
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Moving BF4 Game files to a different drive

My BF4 Game directory is 68 Gb on my hard drive (oh my)

And I only have roughly 60 gb left on my ssd. Would it be possible to say move just the maps and DLCs to my SSD rather than harddrive or would I need to move the entire game directory

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  • EA_David's avatar
    EA_David
    9 years ago

    Hey, you would need to keep the game files all together. If you only have 60GB of space on the SSD, you'd need to clear more space, or leave the game on the HDD.

    Thanks for the post.

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    IIPrest0nII
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    9 years ago

    Hello @Jhon_Conners

    If you want to move your game to another HDD or SSD, then you have to move all files. The main folder with the game.

    How to move an Origin game:

    1. Open Windows Explorer and create a folder in the new location where you’ll store your games.
    2. Head to your current Origin folder and find the folder for the game you want to move. Copy it to the new location, and delete the old files.
    3. Open Origin and head to Origin > Application Settings > Advanced. Under “Downloaded Games”, click the “Change” button and direct it to the folder on your new hard drive. Don’t worry, this only affects newly-installed games, so your current library will not be affected.
    4. Return to the “My Games” view and click the Download button to re-install the game. Instead of re-downloading the game (which could take hours), Origin will detect the existing files there and make any necessary minor changes. When it’s done, you should be able to play the game as usual.
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    EA_David
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    9 years ago

    Hey, you would need to keep the game files all together. If you only have 60GB of space on the SSD, you'd need to clear more space, or leave the game on the HDD.

    Thanks for the post.

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    jasonpw
    5 years ago

    Tried this with the current version of Origin.  Got as far as trying to change the location and it crashed Origin and now will not restart.  It is a constant crash loop.  I have tried exiting, a reboot, running with admin privileges and same each time.

    Help please and could we have an updated version of the solution for the current Origin client please?

    Thanks

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