Installing games on second partition
Hi,
How do I install a game on second partition? I tried but a error message came up that said " cant not install on drive may become unstable".
Thanks
Hello Denise
You can install some games and applications on second partition and it will work if there is no problem with OS itself. If something goes wrong and you must install OS again what you will do in this case. You cannot do anything and you will not be able to play the games.
Anyway, as far as I know there should not be any problem. All you must do is to change destination folder and define partition D as destination. Thats all!
Can you please tell me which game you try to install?
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