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chiefjones

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Hello, I am not that up on gaming but enjoy to game when can, wore out an awesome Dell XPS and just purchased my Alienware 17 to replace it. I did not get it with a CD tray as I figured now that everyone uses memory sticks etc and downloads everything straight from the internet I wouldn't need it...BUT... I purchased the new Doom and Fallout4 and when I went to install Doom it told me I don't have the space...kind of crazy since noting else has been loaded yet and it would appear that I have all the room in the world, For Fallout 4 it looks like I have the room but then will be definitely to full for Doom. Don't get it?? On the old XPS of course the disc went in the tray each time played and now I am needing to load the whole game...is that my problem?? Should I buy a portable disc drive so I can do it like before or do I need to pick up a portable Hard drive like a 2Terabite so I can just download the games to it and plug it in when play? Let me add that when I play most of the time I do not have an internet connection so everything must be installed. Not worried at all about multiple player online gaming right now. Just want to get going on these new games!! Thanks for the Help!!
 
 
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Yep, that's your problem. The operating system is on the small SSD and has no room for large games. Just install the games to the HDD and this will solve your problems.
If you're system is configured with a small SSD boot drive, you would need to install the game to your larger HDD. By default it will install to the C: drive so you would need to do a custom install and specify the correct drive. A portable DVD drive is certainly an option if you need it or you can copy the iso to a USB stick on another PC with a DVD drive.
 

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BadActor How can I tell if it is that I have the SSD and need to be installing on the larger HDD, this make sense as there is nothing else installed to take up room and I am pretty sure that what I bought should be more than I need for this.
 
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