Hey everyone,
I ran into a problem lately, and I'm starting to think that it is a Windows 8(.1) related issue.
I built (well, got someone to actually build it) a new PC recently, all new system, and decided to go with Windows 8.1. My primary, C: drive where Windows is installed is a 120 GB SSD. My secondary drive is a 1 TB HDD. I planned on using the latter for games, and storage, and using the SSD for Windows, and a small number of other applications.
Problems started when I bought Splinter Cell Blacklist a couple of weeks ago. I installed it through uPlay, patched it, but it didn't start. Clicked on play in uPlay, and then big fat nothing. I found the executable in the task manager, but it didn't actually work. I managed to find a workaround: I installed it on my C:, SSD drive, and lo and behold, it started no problem.
Then a couple of days ago, when the new Thief game was released, I bought it through Steam. I started the game, but there was no music, the characters' voice-over wasn't audible, and the subtitles weren't visible, even though I turned them on. I checked the forums, and I found a lot of people having this exact, similar, and other audio related issues, so I though that it's something they will patch soon. But out of curiosity I tried installing it on C:, and boom, music, voice-over, subtitles, everything working fine suddenly.
I was suspicious at this point, and then just yesterday I got the standalone version of the new Assassin's Creed DLC, Freedom Cry. I started up the game, and it crashed immediately. I tried running it as admin and whatnot, to no avail, but I tried this game from C:, and once again, the game started without problems.
Now, I have plenty of other games, which work fine installed on my secondary drive, installed through Steam or Origin. Crysis 3, Battlefield 4, Path of Exile, Dishonored, CoD Ghost, Company of Heroes 2, Castlevania LOS 2, and others work fine.
It's good that I found a relatively easy workaround, but it's not an ideal solution, as games are getting bigger and bigger, Thief for example takes away 25 GB, and I don't want games to take up space on my SSD.
I tried a lot of things. Running the games in compatibility mode and/or as an admin, but nothing worked. I have a single account in Windows. It doesn't have a password set. I tried tweeking the file permissons too, setting everything to "allow", but that didn't solve the issue either. My Windows, drivers, directx, visual c++ 2005, 2008, 2010 and 12, everything is up to date.
What do I have to do to make these games run from my secondary hard drive? Thanks in advance, if you have a solution for this issue.
I ran into a problem lately, and I'm starting to think that it is a Windows 8(.1) related issue.
I built (well, got someone to actually build it) a new PC recently, all new system, and decided to go with Windows 8.1. My primary, C: drive where Windows is installed is a 120 GB SSD. My secondary drive is a 1 TB HDD. I planned on using the latter for games, and storage, and using the SSD for Windows, and a small number of other applications.
Problems started when I bought Splinter Cell Blacklist a couple of weeks ago. I installed it through uPlay, patched it, but it didn't start. Clicked on play in uPlay, and then big fat nothing. I found the executable in the task manager, but it didn't actually work. I managed to find a workaround: I installed it on my C:, SSD drive, and lo and behold, it started no problem.
Then a couple of days ago, when the new Thief game was released, I bought it through Steam. I started the game, but there was no music, the characters' voice-over wasn't audible, and the subtitles weren't visible, even though I turned them on. I checked the forums, and I found a lot of people having this exact, similar, and other audio related issues, so I though that it's something they will patch soon. But out of curiosity I tried installing it on C:, and boom, music, voice-over, subtitles, everything working fine suddenly.
I was suspicious at this point, and then just yesterday I got the standalone version of the new Assassin's Creed DLC, Freedom Cry. I started up the game, and it crashed immediately. I tried running it as admin and whatnot, to no avail, but I tried this game from C:, and once again, the game started without problems.
Now, I have plenty of other games, which work fine installed on my secondary drive, installed through Steam or Origin. Crysis 3, Battlefield 4, Path of Exile, Dishonored, CoD Ghost, Company of Heroes 2, Castlevania LOS 2, and others work fine.
It's good that I found a relatively easy workaround, but it's not an ideal solution, as games are getting bigger and bigger, Thief for example takes away 25 GB, and I don't want games to take up space on my SSD.
I tried a lot of things. Running the games in compatibility mode and/or as an admin, but nothing worked. I have a single account in Windows. It doesn't have a password set. I tried tweeking the file permissons too, setting everything to "allow", but that didn't solve the issue either. My Windows, drivers, directx, visual c++ 2005, 2008, 2010 and 12, everything is up to date.
What do I have to do to make these games run from my secondary hard drive? Thanks in advance, if you have a solution for this issue.
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