Got my G53sw-a1, please help with the partition...

Hello again, I just got my Asus, i'm super excited and ready to test it out for real (i.e. BF3), but I was wondering about the partition. I've really never used one before, and i was curious how set up the secondary D partition and have files for games, music, etc. automatically install there. I will keep the OS and some other files on C. If anyone has any other tips I would great appreciate them.

 

For your regular files, do the following:

Under your user folder (C:\Users\kochocktown) right-click on all of the subfolders (e.g. My Documents, My Music, etc.), click on Properties and under the Location tab change "C:\Users\kochocktown\Music" to "D:\Users\kochocktown\Music". Once you confirm the change, Windows will automatically move the files in the folder and save any future files to that location.

For games, you will have to make sure upon initial installation that you change C to D, as appropriate. The exception would be something like Steam. If you want Steam on the D drive, install it there and Steam games will install there automatically.

 

It seems simple enough haha, but when I go to properties for a folder I can't change the location.

 

Disregard that, I was being stupid.

 

help - when I right click I do not see "change tab" i would like to use my second partition for games and leave the other half for the OS too!

 

My original post left out a slight, but important detail...I have edited my post and added it in bold.

Now, this technique will only work for the subfolders in your "user folder" (things like My Docs, My Music, etc.). The reason is, these are important folders that are referenced by most applications - if they get moved, Windows has to be able to inform those applications about their current locations.

For any currently installed games, I think you'll have to uninstall them and reinstall them on the second partition - otherwise I think the registry will get out of whack. I could very well be wrong on this - there may be a way to do it. (I think one way to do it would be to cut and paste the game's folders to the other partition and to use a "symlink" to point to the folder's new location... people do this for Steam games if they want some on a HDD and others on an SSD... but it's a pain to maintain.)

 

ooh it worked thanks!