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How to Move Riot Games to Another Drive
How to move Riot Games to another drive if your games are running slower than usual? This post will tell you how to effortlessly and rapidly move Riot Games to a new location.
By Lucas / Updated on September 12, 2023
Advantages for game transferring
Riot Games, a renowned gaming company, has produced some of the most popular and competitive online games, including League of Legends, Valorant, and Legends of Runeterra. Over the years, Riot Games has earned numerous awards and recognition for its contribution to the gaming industry. However, one common challenge faced by gamers is the limited storage space on their primary drive, which can be a hindrance to enjoying these fantastic games.
Moving Riot Games to another drive can give you some obvious advantages:
1. Optimizing space on your C: drive
If you're considering upgrading to Windows 11, it's essential to have a minimum of 64GB of free storage space available. Since both Windows 11 and Riot Games are typically stored on your C: drive, relocating Riot Games to another drive is crucial for a smooth Windows update and uninterrupted gaming experience.
2. Transition to a larger SSD
To ensure a top-tier gaming experience with blazing sequential read and write speeds, reaching around 7,000MB/s and 5,300MB/s is essential. If your current SSD falls short of delivering these ideal gaming speeds, upgrading to a larger SSD can significantly enhance your PC's gaming performance. To facilitate this upgrade, it's essential to transfer Riot Games to an alternative drive.
3. Prepare for updates
Riot Games frequently releases new updates to enhance performance and address bugs. By allocating a dedicated drive for Riot Games, you can ensure you have ample space to install all the latest game updates on your system. This approach guarantees your device stays up-to-date and optimally performs during your gaming sessions.
Thus, in this article, we'll explore various solutions to help you move Riot Games to another drive, freeing up space on your main storage without losing access to your favorite titles.
How to move Riot Games to another drive manually
Windows OS has some ways to allow users to relocate the installed apps from one storage location to another. So in the first, we’ll show you how to manually move Riot Games to another drive.
Way 1. Move Riot Games to another drive via Settings
Step 1. Click on the Windows icon in the bottom-left corner of your screen or press the Windows key. Select "Settings" (the gear-shaped icon).
Step 2. In the Windows Settings window, click on "Apps".
Step 3. And click on "Apps & Features" in the left sidebar.
Step 4. Scroll down the list of installed apps and find Riot Games. Click on it to select it.
Step 5. Click the "Move" button. Choose the destination drive where you want to move Riot Games.
Step 6. Click "Move" again to confirm.
Way 2. Transfer Riot Games via uninstalling and reinstalling
You have to first uninstall Riot Games and then reinstall in the new location. Here are the steps.
Step 1. Go to Settings and select the Apps.
Step 2. Click on the Riot Games and then click on the Uninstall button.
Step 3. Delete all the files related to the game from the directory.
Step 4. Now, open your web browser and go to any Riot Games site like League of Legends or Valorant and download it.
Step 5. Now, open the installation wizard and follow the steps on your screen.
Step 6. By default, you will get path C:\Riot Games. So, change it to the new location where you want to move it like D:\Riot Games.
Move Riot Games to another drive with App Mover
If you find that the “Move” button in Settings is greyed out and it takes too much time to reinstall games, we suggest you try third-party App Mover. You may use the program to safely and easily clear up enough space on your files to run Riot Games.
Without reinstalling, AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional can relocate games not only from C drive to D drive on the same disk, but also to another disk. Furthermore, you may learn more about numerous difficulties with your C drive by expanding C drive and cleaning unwanted files.
Step 1. Install and run the application, then click “Free Up”, and find “App Mover”.
Step 2. In the new window, select the partition with the game you need to transfer.
Step 3. In the popup, those transferable apps on C drive will be listed. You can choose one or multiple games which you want to transfer.
Step 4. While you finish the selection, please choose the destination drive, like D drive. Then choose“Move”, don’t click “Cancel” during this process.
Step 5. Click “Finish”, then try your game to check if it is going well or not.
♦ Please ensure that your D drive has sufficient capacity for your games. If it does not, you will receive the following message: D disk lacks inadequate space. Applications cannot be moved. Please free up additional space or expand your D drive before attempting again.
♦ Take notice! You may also set your game's destination path to an external device or a USB flash drive. However, you should be aware that the drive letter may be altered automatically when the disk is reconnected. The transferred apps are impossible to execute in this instance.
Conclusion
Riot Games has captured the hearts of millions of gamers worldwide with its exceptional titles. Now, with the methods we've discussed, you can easily move Riot Games to another drive and continue enjoying your gaming experience without worrying about limited storage space. Whether you prefer Windows settings or the advanced capabilities of AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional, these solutions offer you the flexibility you need to optimize your storage.
