Running games on secondary hard drive

[dog321]

I want to install games on my secondary Internal hard drive and play them. Is this a good idea? Would it affect the performance?

 

[mosox]

I do that but I don't know if it's better. The games will create a small folder in the OS partition (in My Documents) and you won't be able to uninstall them, only to delete them manually but I feel safer this way, I try to keep all that stuff away from my OS partition.

 

[fjiekie]

i install my games on a secondary HDD too AND put my userfiles (my docs, desktop, favs, ...) also on another drive.

result: when i need to reinstall my OS i keep my games and savegames (most of the time) (hint: you change the userfiles location in the register)

 

[mi1ez]

So long as your secondary hard drive is quick enough, it shouldn't affect performance.

 

[maddy617]

i run my os and fav games from my sdd all other games that i dont play as often are on my second drive. other than load times i dont notice any difference in playing them. load times are due to the fact that my ssd rocks.

 

[genome852]

So long as your secondary hard drive is quick enough, it shouldn't affect performance.

If anything, wouldn't running games on its own hard drive slightly increase performance? (Load times, etc.)

 

[mi1ez]

If anything, wouldn't running games on its own hard drive slightly increase performance? (Load times, etc.)

True, but most people's secondary hard drive will be slower than their boot drive.