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Hard Drive space cleanup?

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Sindala
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Is there anything that can be done to free up some space in the game coding?
I made the mistake when I downloaded it last time in adding it to my C drive instead of my Data drive and C is pretty full now...
ESO now takes up 95GB of my hard drive, 95 GB seems rather large amount of space to be hogging? Can it be "shrunk" some??
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  • Sindala
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    Oh...I would prefer not to have to uninstall and re-install on D drive if I could as 95 GB takes a long time to download on crappy UK broadband......like i'm not joking when I say it will take days to download.... :/
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  • 7788b14_ESO
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    Somewhere I read you could copy it to the D drive and a new install wouldn't take that long.
  • Zyle
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    You could get rid of the PTS, would save you half. Other than that you can't do much to a games core files to "shrink" them, if you have a bunch of addon saved variables or screenshots you could delete those but it's not going to be much in comparison.

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  • Nestor
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    Sindala wrote: »
    Is there anything that can be done to free up some space in the game coding?
    I made the mistake when I downloaded it last time in adding it to my C drive instead of my Data drive and C is pretty full now...
    ESO now takes up 95GB of my hard drive, 95 GB seems rather large amount of space to be hogging? Can it be "shrunk" some??

    I know you may not want to hear about solutions that require you to throw money at the problem, but, I am going to suggest one anyway.

    Get this

    http://www.amazon.com/Crucial-BX200-480GB-Internal-Solid/dp/B016JREG84/

    Run the cloning software to copy your drive over, and then you don't have to worry about space. Cloning takes about 5 minutes and you don't have to install or configure anything. Wipe the old drive after cloning, and then you can have another drive on your rig to put games and other goodies on.

    Hmm, the 960GB is only $240, I might have to get one of those.......
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  • Sindala
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    How would I go about copying it to D drive? (I have 2TB on that drive) on Windows 10?
    Edited by Sindala on April 20, 2016 5:21PM
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    Sindala wrote: »
    How would I go about copying it to D drive? (I have 2TB on that drive) on Windows 10?

    Try this, basically you have to start the install so the system knows the game will be on the new drive, but you don't have to let it download much as you can copy over the content, then run the Repair option if needed
    Mattio wrote: »
    You have to have the launcher folder too. 2 Folders get put into the Zenimax Online folder. One called "Launcher" one called "The Elder Scrolls Online EU" Or a none EU version.
    I'm guessing you have just the 1 folder and are running eso.exe. You need to get the launcher. Fortunately you can do it.

    Go download the game and run the install, then run the launcher. As soon as it starts downloading the entire game, quit the launcher, go into "C:\Program Files (x86)\Zenimax Online" Or whatever directory you installed the launcher at, then drag your Main folder inside there. So inside "Zenimax Online" you have 2 folders, "Launcher" and "The Elder Scrolls Online EU", or none EU version.
    When you run it, it might check all the files but it won't take too long.
    Enjoy the game, life is what you really want to be worried about.

    PakKat "Everything was going well, until I died"
    Gary Gravestink "I am glad you died, I needed the help"

  • Sindala
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    Wow, thanks @Nestor
    I did just that and it's all sorted now and straight in-game with no crashing......(wonder if its the C drive causing the login problems??)

    It was actually very easy, I was resigning myself to a night of watching the update bar but no, not now :D
    Thanks again. :D
    Edited by Sindala on April 20, 2016 6:14PM
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