Several questions, mainly SSD related

**eXistenZ** · August 22, 2013, 10:28 AM

So upgraded my pc with an ssd and some toher stuff, but now i still have a few questions/problems. Ill start off with my dxdiag

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1) SSD

-So i set out to reinstall my steam games, after formatting my hdd (and backing up offcours). Even though the SSD is 240GB, i got it filled pretty quickly to 60% Napoleon and Shogun mainly responsible (and then rome 2 coming...), but i also installed TF2 on it, which doesnt require that much resources, so reinstalling on my old disc now (less requiring games like Portal, or Surgeon simulator are also installed on the HDD . Im still a bit blank on how an ssd works exaclty/how to optimize it best. Did i do it wrong and is there a way to have your games installed on the HDD, and run on the SSD?

Related to that, there are some programs which ended up on my SSD, like mozilla and Itunes. On my HDD i made a "program files" folder, to install/centralize/store stuff like teamspeak, dvdvideosoft and a non-steamgame. can i just cut from the SSD program files and place some in the hdd?

-also related to that, i know rewriting is more fidly with the SSD than with a hard drive. So how many times/which quantities can i do it in before it becomes a problem? Also, is there a tool to analyze what takes up how much space on your discs?

2) Gamepad. With the reinstalling going on, i noticed that my logitech rumblepad is basicly dying, the left stick wont respond properly, and the installation software did difficult. So need a new one. Anyone can propose a decent buy for not too much money? I prefer the playstation layout (two sticks in the middle), so xbox controller isnt an option.

3) Empire TW. Now normally this should be a question for that forum part, but i might as well shoot it here to get a prelimanary respond. I reinstalled it (al be it on the HDD unlike Nappy/shogun2), but it "crashes" on the startup. Except it doesnt give any error message. It just starts up, shows the first loading screen, and closes. Reinstalled and verified integrity. All my other games (including some non steam) work fine.

Thanks

**karamazovmm** · August 22, 2013, 06:26 PM

1)
- did you install the OS in the SSD?
- The other tech related tip for good SSD performance is to verify if windows is set to not auto defray the SSD, and to have 10-15% of unallocated space in it
- you can't just cut and paste the apps from the program files folder, its easier to reinstall in the HDD, otherwise the reg files will be corrupted and it won't work.

3) did you install in the HDD or you just transferred there?
I have no idea regarding the other

**eXistenZ** · August 25, 2013, 08:27 AM

Yeah i installed Windows on my SDD. I will check about the defraying. And keep enough room on it.Will probably only install Rome 2 on it. The loading times are really great now with S2 and Civ V

And empire now works, after a small update. For the gamepad, ill probaby have to go for xbox, that has the most diversity

Thanks for the reply

**karamazovmm** · August 25, 2013, 01:32 PM

you know what unallocated space is? press the windows button, right click on computer, then click on management, go to disks or storage, there you should see your hd, do the math and assign unallocated space

basically unallocated space is a partition that doesn't have anything, it isn't formatted, there is no data and windows won't see it

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