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September 13, 2014 5:27:29 PM

Hi guys, so i recently purchased a 120gb ssd. I already have games on my HDD such as League of Legends and Starcraft.

How can I play them without installing it into my SSD? When I go into my HDD, and try to play the game, it ask me to install it.

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September 13, 2014 5:29:26 PM

I install all mine in my Raid array. That sounds like you didnt install them right. Install them and pick the drive you want it on.
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September 13, 2014 5:32:49 PM

I still have my OS and everything on my old HDD. Can't I just go into my HDD and play games? or do I need to delete them and reinstall them back into my HDD?
I'm just a bit confused because my games are already in my HDD, so why would I need to reinstall it?
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September 13, 2014 5:35:39 PM

You need to reinstall because the game thinks it's installed on a certain drive (i.e. the C:\ drive) and now that you've changed things around it doesn't know where it is.

Some games (Steam games for one) can be moved around, but most of the time though you'll have to reinstall for maximum functionality.
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September 13, 2014 5:37:02 PM

Yeah that's weird. I would reinstall them.
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a b G Storage
September 13, 2014 5:42:53 PM

kenghtt said:
I still have my OS and everything on my old HDD. Can't I just go into my HDD and play games? or do I need to delete them and reinstall them back into my HDD?
I'm just a bit confused because my games are already in my HDD, so why would I need to reinstall it?


Your not helping.. what did you do with your SSD? thats quite important info..
Im going to guess you installed your OS on the SSD?
I am then going to guess that you installed the Blizzard client launcher.. and signed in... tried to start you rgame.. and it said it needed to install?
Am I correct? if I right or wrong.. you see how much guessing I had to do?
I should not had to do that.. you should give enough info so we know what we dealing with.
Anyway.. IF I am right.. you can change the Blizz installer to point the launcher at your installed game location oin you HDD and it will work.. with no need to reinstall..
I guess the LOL scenario is the same..(or similar)..

Cheers

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a c 921 G Storage
September 13, 2014 5:48:01 PM

OS and some/most/all application on the SSD.

Other things can be installed on whatever drive you want.
Especially Steam games. In the Steam client, you can designate multiple install locations.

Now...if you have them already existing on an old HDD, and try to run it from a new OS install on the SSD...you'll get errors, as you have seen.
During the game/application install, choose where you want it to go.
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a b G Storage
September 13, 2014 6:04:34 PM

USAFRet said:

Now...if you have them already existing on an old HDD, and try to run it from a new OS install on the SSD...you'll get errors, as you have seen..


Not true on the specific games he mentions.. they are VERY well behaved games (and all credit to Blizz and Riot)..
If you point at the launcher.. it WILL work.. irrespective..
If you have these games and just copy the game directory to a new PC.. and run launcher - they will work..

Cheers
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September 13, 2014 6:11:59 PM

yoji said:
USAFRet said:

Now...if you have them already existing on an old HDD, and try to run it from a new OS install on the SSD...you'll get errors, as you have seen..


Not true on the specific games he mentions.. they are VERY well behaved games (and all credit to Blizz and Riot)..
If you point at the launcher.. it WILL work.. irrespective..
If you have these games and just copy the game directory to a new PC.. and run launcher - they will work..

Cheers


And the issues from the original comment?
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September 13, 2014 6:35:34 PM

Sorry for the confusion everyone. All I have done so far is install the OS and getting the updates on drivers for my SSD. I have not touched my HDD at all. I just don't want to reinstall everything again (This includes games, Microsoft word, and other software applications). This also means that my OS (W7) is still installed on my HDD, and I want to leave it there just incase if my SSD ever crashes on me, atleast I'll still be able to access some of my stuff through my HDD.
What I was trying to ask is "Can I still access those applications without having to reinstall all of them?"

I am reading all the comments and I will try all the methods you guys have posted :) 

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a c 921 G Storage
September 13, 2014 6:39:12 PM

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What I was trying to ask is "Can I still access those applications without having to reinstall all of them?"


Some things yes, some things no.
MS Office? Reinstall. Some games? Might be OK.

And do NOT freak out about the SSD crashing and needing to use the old install from the old HDD. An SSD is no less reliable than your HDD. It will not crash.

What you should do is install all your stuff on the SSD, than periodically take an image, and save that to another drive.
In the rare case of that drive dying, reconstitute from the previously saved image.
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a b G Storage
September 14, 2014 3:45:43 AM

USAFRet said:


And the issues from the original comment?


I explained the scenario.. (and from his follow up comment - looks like my guesswork was spot on!!!)
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