help after an ssd install

Tom01793 · 23 Feb 2013 at 19:03

hi all i have just installled windows on to my new sdd and work sfine,

But i can seem to load any of my games from my original hard drive it says that files are missing but i thought you could do this please help

Cromulent · 23 Feb 2013 at 19:20

You might have to re-install them if you did a clean re-install of Windows.

biuro74 · 23 Feb 2013 at 19:22

Games need to be reinstalled.

This is Windows, mate :/ If you install anything on your drive - even on D, E or any other location, there's 95% chances that software will install some content on C (where your OS is installed). This is why you need to install games again (reinstall) - to add missing content to your new drive.

Or you can get other monitoring software to see which files are required by launched process and copy them manually. But it might be a real pain.

Randomface74 · 23 Feb 2013 at 19:23

Yeah this was never gonna work

Tom01793 · 23 Feb 2013 at 19:35

great dont u just love windows

Akagi · 23 Feb 2013 at 19:40

Tom01793 said:
great dont u just love windows

Nope. It can be a piece of **** sometimes. But I like it better than the alternatives.

OptimaLnrg · 23 Feb 2013 at 19:53

if it was steam you could just copy the files in steamapp/common over

Orcvader · 23 Feb 2013 at 20:40

Tom01793 said:
But i can seem to load any of my games from my original hard drive it says that files are missing but i thought you could do this please help

Imagine how easy it would be to pirate games if you could do that...

Akagi · 24 Feb 2013 at 06:57

*delete post*

arknor · 24 Feb 2013 at 07:42

Orcvader said:
Imagine how easy it would be to pirate games if you could do that...

any protection is built into the games exe

Tom01793 · 24 Feb 2013 at 12:11

yea i can still run steam ok from the other hdd with just a shortcut on my new ssd,
but origin dont work so i have to re download all them and all the other installed games i have to do great it has all ready taken quite some time