How To Play Games From External Hard Drive

[MikeTheKnight2016]

Check the drive in disk management on the computer. See if there's any unallocated memory.

No unallocated memory.

Party Buffalo does not see the drive.

Windows Computer Management has it assigned as
Disk 2
Basic
931.51 GB
Online

FAT32
Healthy (Basic Data Partition)

 

[MikeTheKnight2016]

Now another drive that Party Buffalo DOES see
465.76 GB
Unallocated

 

[godreborn]

No idea what could be wrong, sorry.

 

[MikeTheKnight2016]

if I use GUIFormat to format again do I need to change the Allocation unit size?

I am 99% sure I left it at 32768

 

[godreborn]

if I use GUIFormat to format again do I need to change the Allocation unit size?

I am 99% sure I left it at 32768

No

 

[MikeTheKnight2016]

using GUI format to wipe the drive again.

Just to confirm, I just need to create a folder on the newly formatted drive called Games
Then copy all of my xex files over to it
Then set-up in dashlaunch/aurora to look at this location to find games

Is that correcT?

 

[godreborn]

Games was originally required for fsd. Now, games can be anywhere. Copy the game folders, not just the xex.

 

[MikeTheKnight2016]

ugh it's been forever.

Where do I go to set the "new" game path now that my HD is being recognized?

 

[godreborn]

ugh it's been forever.

Where do I go to set the "new" game path now that my HD is being recognized?

It's probably under content management. I don't use Aurora.

 

[MikeTheKnight2016]

i found it! I went to setings -> content and manage paths then add
I added my path, but now for some reason it's not displaying ANY games on the home aurora screen not even th eones from innternal

 

[godreborn]

i found it! I went to setings -> content and manage paths then add
I added my path, but now for some reason it's not displaying ANY games on the home aurora screen not even th eones from innternal

Can you scan your games?

 

[MikeTheKnight2016]

there is a button to scan now on the content page, under manage paths. But even if I scan now, nothing displays

 

[MikeTheKnight2016]

if it makes a difference, now there is a disc in the top left corner that shows no disc.

 

[godreborn]

Does it have scan depth and do you have the internal hdd game directory in manage paths?

 

[MikeTheKnight2016]

Yes, scan depth is set to 3 for all paths.

Internal HDD paths are still set, I added a new one for the external drive I added.

 

[godreborn]

Yes, scan depth is set to 3 for all paths.

Internal HDD paths are still set, I added a new one for the external drive I added.

Maybe purge the database.

 

[MikeTheKnight2016]

Maybe purge the database.

how would I do that?

 

[godreborn]

how would I do that?

There's no such or similar option anywhere?

 

[MikeTheKnight2016]

i didn't see one...i did open a file manager and booted stock dash and opened dashlaunch and all games are found tehre

 

[godreborn]

i didn't see one...i did open a file manager and booted stock dash and opened dashlaunch and all games are found tehre

Delete aurora and put a fresh, blank copy of it back on.