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bstommel1201
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7 years ago

Sims won't download on on brand new external hard drive

I bought a brand new HP Stream 11 laptop and realized I couldn't download sims because window is taking up about 25 GB out of my 32 GB storage. So I bought a brand new 1 TB external hard drive so I could download it on there but every time I  go to download it on there it says insufficient drive space available. Either free up 9.95 GB of space or select different location. But there is literally nothing on my external hard drive yet. If anyone has any tips or suggestions that would be greatly appreciated. 

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  • roberta591's avatar
    roberta591
    Hero (Retired)
    7 years ago

    @bstommel1201  You have to understand how a file downloads. When a download is started it creates a temp file on the system device (your 32Gb SSD). When the download completes that file is then copied to the target location. The temp file may or may not get deleted at this time. The Windows operating system bloats - that's what it does. This game (and other applications) creates users files on the system drive by default. BTW when a storage device is partitioned and formatted you no longer have the stated capacity. IMO you can not run a gaming rig (at least for 3D graphical games) with a 32Gb system storage device. There is only going to be issue after issue. Your going to have to have an application called Origin. Once you dl Origin and install and make an account you can configure Origin to install the game to a different location. You still may have issues just downloading the game installer. Even if you get it to download and install you may (probably) have issues with the integrated video chip. And this processor has an idle speed of 1.1GHz with a burst speed of 2.6GHz and no turbo. The minimum requirement for this game is 2.4GHz.

    add:  I think Windows 10 s will only run software from the Microsoft store - currently that means no Chrome, no Firefox, no iTunes, numerous games and much much more. This is MS trying to compete with Google Chrome OS - I guess they didn't learn their lesson with Windows RT.

  • jpkarlsen's avatar
    jpkarlsen
    Hero (Retired)
    7 years ago

    @roberta591 wrote:

    add:  I think Windows 10 s will only run software from the Microsoft store - currently that means no Chrome, no Firefox, no iTunes, numerous games and much much more. This is MS trying to compete with Google Chrome OS - I guess they didn't learn their lesson with Windows RT.


    That is correct. Windows 10 S is a lightweight version of Windows 10 that has lower hardware demands and only allow installation of apps from the store. It can be upgraded to Windows 10 Pro but that would not be possible on the given PC. There simply is not enough space to perform the upgrade.

  • jpkarlsen's avatar
    jpkarlsen
    Hero (Retired)
    7 years ago

    @bstommel1201

    As Roberta591 mentions it will not be possible to download the game. But even if you could the HP stream will not be powerful enough to run it.