Does anyone know where the virtual copy of BF3 is downloaded?

[Yozer34]

I just installed BF3 on my SSD and the thing is taking up massive space, especially due to the download (not the installation) of the game - the installation adds another 10 GB or so.
I need to copy the "virtual drive" of the game to my HDD so I can save 16GB. Anyone know where that is downloaded?

 

[Pinhedd]

These locations can be set in the Origin settings. Normally it will delete the installation files after setup has completed. You can change the destination for future installs but existing installs will not be moved.

 

[Yozer34]

Okay.. this is really weird.
MY SSD capacity is 111GB, Right now I have 59.3GB of free space.
When I go to the SSD drive, I can only count 36.2GB of used up space (including Windows and BF3).. Should the free space be 74.8 GB instead of 59.3?

 

[Pinhedd]

Okay.. this is really weird.
MY SSD capacity is 111GB, Right now I have 59.3GB of free space.
When I go to the SSD drive, I can only count 36.2GB of used up space (including Windows and BF3).. Should the free space be 74.8 GB instead of 59.3?

No, space used by system restore, the recycle bin, the page file, etc... are either hidden or not visible to the filesystem. You can turn these off if you want to free up some space

 

[Yozer34]

Okay I turned off hibernation and removed all system restore points. I saved about 3GB.
Anything else available to delete?

 

[Pinhedd]

Okay I turned off hibernation and removed all system restore points. I saved about 3GB.
Anything else available to delete?

Recycle bin, and the page file

 

[Yozer34]

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