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Posted November 20, 2017
The program is using 36 GB on my SSD harddrive and I need to move it,
Thanks
Posted November 20, 2017
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hadwood59: The program is using 36 GB on my SSD harddrive and I need to move it,
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You mean you have ~36 GB worth of GOG games installed? No way Galaxy itself is taking up that much space.
Posted November 20, 2017
Yes, it can be.
Posted November 20, 2017
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hadwood59: The program is using 36 GB on my SSD harddrive and I need to move it,
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tfishell: You mean you have ~36 GB worth of GOG games installed? No way Galaxy itself is taking up that much space.
I may have stated this wrong, I purchased Witcher 3 wild hunt with all the dlc and placed it on a different harddrive. I checked the game is on the right harddrive. The file that I'm talking about is Galaxy Client which was placed on C drive and when check properties all the files come to 36 GB the file that says Games which has 35.9 Gb in it. I don't understand what to do about this. The C drive only has 9GB left.
I would apreciate any advice, this is first time dealing with program.
Thanks
Posted November 20, 2017
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tfishell: You mean you have ~36 GB worth of GOG games installed? No way Galaxy itself is taking up that much space.
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hadwood59: ..
Okay. Sorry, I can't really help you with this. More knowledgeable folks on the forum should be able to help, though.
Posted November 20, 2017
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hadwood59: The file that I'm talking about is Galaxy Client which was placed on C drive and when check properties all the files come to 36 GB the file that says Games which has 35.9 Gb in it. I don't understand what to do about this. The C drive only has 9GB left.
It seems The Witcher 3 is installed on your C drive. Please contact support for technical info on how to move the game to another disk (although I don't know if it's in support's area of responsibility).

If it's an option for you - you can always uninstall TW3 and install it again on the other drive. Make sure you're not removing save files.

Don't worry about GOG Galaxy application at all - it will detect the game was removed from the folder it was in - and you can scan&import it from new location at any point. Just worry about moving your game properly.
Posted November 21, 2017
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hadwood59: The file that I'm talking about is Galaxy Client which was placed on C drive and when check properties all the files come to 36 GB the file that says Games which has 35.9 Gb in it. I don't understand what to do about this. The C drive only has 9GB left.
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Johny.: It seems The Witcher 3 is installed on your C drive. Please contact support for technical info on how to move the game to another disk (although I don't know if it's in support's area of responsibility).

If it's an option for you - you can always uninstall TW3 and install it again on the other drive. Make sure you're not removing save files.

Don't worry about GOG Galaxy application at all - it will detect the game was removed from the folder it was in - and you can scan&import it from new location at any point. Just worry about moving your game properly.
Thanks, I think I will replace my ssd with a larger one to avoid this problem in the future.
I appreciate the comments.
Posted November 21, 2017
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hadwood59: Thanks, I think I will replace my ssd with a larger one to avoid this problem in the future.
I appreciate the comments.
No problem.
Please remember that you can install games on another drive without any problem. Galaxy Client application itself shouldn't be big. It can also be installed on a different drive.
Posted November 22, 2017
As an example, my Galaxy is installed on C, whereas all my games are on D. And I moved some of the games from the Program Files to /GOG Games a directory up. (TL;DR: It used to actually have working Windows running and it didn't so I wanted to consolidate.)

A bit of verification later after pointing Galaxy to the new directory, and presto. All is well.
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