Transferred games still taking up space on original HD after moving them to separate HD?

[Locust_Wolf]

So my computer has an NvME drive and a couple SSDs for excess storage. I usually keep 3-4 games on my NvME and then transfer the other games I have to my SSDs when I play them less frequently. I've noticed however that my original NvME seems to think all those games are still on there, despite them pretty clearly being transferred.

Does anyone know how to fix this issue, or where these unknown files could be hiding?

[reg1s7]

It could be caused by disk fragmentation. Please launch disk defragmenter for that disk.

[Locust_Wolf]

Originally posted by EvanS_3826:

It could be caused by disk fragmentation. Please launch disk defragmenter for that disk.

No luck :(

[reg1s7]

Try disk cleanup?

[Locust_Wolf]

Yeah, got a solid 3gb out of that; still have 300+ GB of unaccounted for stuff haha.

[Jaunitta 🌸]

this >then transfer the other games I have to my SSDs when I play them less frequently. << did you delete games from main drive?
Otherwise uninstall them from main drive as you have a copy of them, in your library.., grab a copy of all the acf files appman files as you need them when you want to play the games that are moved away from main drive. paste them back into
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps
acf tells steam they are installed.

appmanifest files 

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By: Jaunitta 🌸

these files needed when copying games back to show Steam games are installed. Each acf file represents a game installed.

[Locust_Wolf]

Originally posted by Jaunitta 🌸:

this >then transfer the other games I have to my SSDs when I play them less frequently. << did you delete games from main drive?
Otherwise uninstall them from main drive as you have a copy of them, in your library.., grab a copy of all the acf files appman files as you need them when you want to play the games that are moved away from main drive. paste them back into
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps
acf tells steam they are installed.

appmanifest files 

Community Created Artwork for Steam Artwork

By: Jaunitta 🌸

these files needed when copying games back to show Steam games are installed. Each acf file represents a game installed.

So, I used Steam to move the games to the SSD so I didn't uninstall the games, but they do not appear in the file browser on my C: drive. They do appear where they are supposed to on my supplemental SSD.

[wuddih]

run windirstat or some other directory/size tool to see where your stuff takes up storage space

might be a combination of you not really remembering how much storage you had before moving files and you are just assuming that something is the culprit while something else is.

just to clarify: moving the games via Steam really moves them, it does not copy them. they are wiped from the old libaray path when that is done.

[Chingeling]

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[Jaunitta 🌸]

There is also a lot of other directories that may have saves , screenshots.

[Locust_Wolf]

Originally posted by wuddih:

run windirstat or some other directory/size tool to see where your stuff takes up storage space

might be a combination of you not really remembering how much storage you had before moving files and you are just assuming that something is the culprit while something else is.

just to clarify: moving the games via Steam really moves them, it does not copy them. they are wiped from the old libaray path when that is done.

I promise it's not. This computer was built about a year ago with this being it's sole use besides saving some memes and some google docs work. The only thing that could possibly be taking up 300 GB+ of space that I installed would be games.

Going to try running that windirstat now.

[Locust_Wolf]

Originally posted by Locust_Wolf:

Originally posted by wuddih:

run windirstat or some other directory/size tool to see where your stuff takes up storage space

might be a combination of you not really remembering how much storage you had before moving files and you are just assuming that something is the culprit while something else is.

just to clarify: moving the games via Steam really moves them, it does not copy them. they are wiped from the old libaray path when that is done.

I promise it's not. This computer was built about a year ago with this being it's sole use besides saving some memes and some google docs work. The only thing that could possibly be taking up 300 GB+ of space that I installed would be games.

Going to try running that windirstat now.

Ran windirstat, which revealed a few things.

1) Origin/Epic Games are actually the source of about 100GB of the space I wasn't thinking about.

2) All the games I had moved moved properly.

3) The size of games today is just mind blowing; my first iPod had a 32GB HD in it, Total War Warhammer would need two to hold it.

4) With the above in mind, I think I also severely undersestimated the size of basically ever OS related thing. The virtual memory file on my PC is huge, given I have 32GB of RAM, I can't imagine I actually need virtual memory at all, but I'm not about to mess around with that and piss directly into the wind.

Time to transfer some more games. Thanks for everyone's help and suggestions. If you're running into the same problem I was, running windirstat is a good way to go.