downloading to external hard drive

tekanu
tekanu Posts: 1 Arc User
edited September 2012 in General Discussion
ok, so i heard that i can download PWI to my external hard drive without having to download to my hard drive on my laptop...how do i do this? thanks :)
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  • Jeremied - Sanctuary
    Jeremied - Sanctuary Posts: 2,259 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    When you install, just choose the external drive as the game's directory instead of your laptop's hard drive. =) The game runs nice off of external drives, I use mine if I'm going away and won't have access to our gaming comp. Or, if you already have the game installed on a different computer, you should be able to just copy the complete Perfect World Entertainment folder over to the external drive.

    It's been a while since I've installed the game on anything, so my information might be fuzzy regarding newer operating systems.
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  • tekanu
    tekanu Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    but like, where do i go and the steps to do this....sorry if I wan't specific but that's what i meant. thank you though, really. :) sorry i don't know much about this stuff lolzz
  • Jeremied - Sanctuary
    Jeremied - Sanctuary Posts: 2,259 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    Like I said, it's been years since I've installed the game on anything, so the steps have probably changed since then. Sorry I couldn't be of more help.

    I'm sure someone more tech savvy will be by in a while to give you more current information.
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  • The_owner - Lost City
    The_owner - Lost City Posts: 177 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    I think when you click Download, it'll tell you to "Save As" or open, think you click Save As, then you look for your Hard Drive, it has a name to it.

    Example: Original Path to put the game in is C:/Program Files/Perfectworld international

    in an External Hard drive, it might be: D:/Program Files (then click isntall when you click inside program files) and it should work

    Look for the spot you can put the game in other then "C:/" Thats your C Drive, (Computer memory) you want it on something else other then "C:/"

    The drives I have sometimes come up is my D drive or E drive (External memory for both)
  • Fail_BM - Raging Tide
    Fail_BM - Raging Tide Posts: 929 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    Just wondering... Is the game going to run slower if you play from an external HD?
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  • tekanu
    tekanu Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    yeah that's a good question....
    so it should allow me to choose whenever i start the download? okay i think i get it now :) i just hope that having it on my external hard drive doesn't make it slower...*sigh* i wish i knew more about computers so i knew what i was doing...ugg..

    actually that's gonna be another question...will downloading PWI to my external hard drive make it more slower to play or whatever...? i hope not..

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