Hi all,

I have Skyrim installed on a conventional disc, I want to move it to an SSD - is it possible to do this and if so is it problematic?

Cheers!

Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V your Skyrim directory to where you want it, download http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896768 and drop it in C:\Windows, then paste the below code to a .txt file, change it to a .bat, and run it from within Skyrim\ and it will consolidate and SymLink all the Skyrim associated folders to Skyrim's new location including saves and configuration files. Inside the created Link'd folder, you can have shared saves yet per rig config files that you can plug your SSD into your laptop, for instance, and pick up your game where you left off with your PC while ensuring the laptop won't try to run at PC spec'd settings...

@Echo OffEcho Create Skyrim symbolic links?PauseMD "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Steam\SteamApps\Common"MD "%CD%\Link'd\%ComputerName%"MD "%CD%\Link'd\Saves"Move "%UserProfile%\Documents\My Games\Skyrim\Saves\*.*" "%CD%\Link'd\Saves"RD "%UserProfile%\Documents\My Games\Skyrim\Saves"Move "%UserProfile%\Documents\My Games\Skyrim\*.*" "%CD%\Link'd\%ComputerName%"RD "%UserProfile%\Documents\My Games\Skyrim"Move "%LocalAppData%\Skyrim\*.*" "%CD%\Link'd\%ComputerName%"RD "%LocalAppData%\Skyrim"Junction "%UserProfile%\Documents\My Games\Skyrim" "%CD%\Link'd\%ComputerName%"Junction "%LocalAppData%\Skyrim" "%CD%\Link'd\%ComputerName%"RD "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Steam\SteamApps\Common\Skyrim"Junction "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Steam\SteamApps\Common\Skyrim" "%CD%"Junction "%CD%\Link'd\%ComputerName%\Saves" "%CD%\Link'd\Saves"Pause@Echo On

You could cherry pick from the above if having one install on multiple rigs isn't important to you, but it'll work for a normal install after it's been moved just as it is and you won't have to edit your registry or anything.



Edit: If Win XP x86, remove the '(x86)' from the %ProgramFiles(x86)% environmental variable in all instances.

Wow, that's cool, thank you, so I can move it from the Steam directory to the SSD do that /\/\/\/\/\ and all will be fine?

Yup, SymLinks are crazy cool! If your SSD is big enough, you could move your whole Steam directory (there are actually tools for doing so, evidently). I'd used the above to keep Skyrim on its own 24GB SSD, but after the HD texture packs, there wasn't enough space so now I've a 128GB SSD B:\ drive dedicated to all things Beth. After moving/recreating the SymLinks, everything worked fine.

Awesome.
I will so get on this.

You don't really need to use junction.exe, mklink (a built-in tool no less) works just as well if you're using Windows 7.

I've got Vista...