AFTER YOU DOWNLOAD THE EA APP, OPEN THE APP > CLICK THE 3 left LINES > GO TO SETTINGS > DOWNLOADS > then change it there too to your external, cuz it changes it to the C DRIVE again
I really wanna hug you. I’ve been struggling with this for 2 days and I even had to reset my pc all over because nothing was working and my mods were completely gone.. thank you so much for this. ❤
Thank you so much for the help! Seriously, it made this not such a long and difficult process. I had been trying to find a video on how this all worked and you came up.
OMG😱Girl I have been watching so much videos on how to move my sims 4 game and documents and all of them are so confusing and complicated I was stressing out I’m actually waiting for my external hard drive to get here and I can’t wait to try it out hopefully it works out and I don’t run into any problems Again thank you so much the best video I have ever watched plus you explained everything so well it wasn’t complicated it was so easy to understand Awesome job sis and thank you ❤️👍😎
@@meh9290 thank you I tried my best!!!! I watched like a million videos and I still couldn’t find out how to do it properly 😭😭 I’m new on TH-cam and I’m not sure what other videos to make so if you have any thing else you’d like to see me do please let me know :D
hi, i did all that and opened up the game and played and electronic arts file didnt go to my external drive it made the file on the laptop storage once i opened the game and did a random household what did i miss cause i did everything as u did
@@abiii9569 Like just electronic arts or the whole documents, I have steamvr for example in my documents folder. Can I just remove it from the harddrive once its copied over to there?
I'm having the issue where the Electronic Arts folder keeps going to my C: drive and not my external hard drive. The download and install location is set to my external hard drive. I try to drag and drop the Documents folder into the drive to move it, but it only makes a copy. So if I try to run the game, will the data go to the C: drive only or both?
hold the shift button while dragging and dropping, it will move it instead of copy and paste . Your documents folder will be on the external drive so you should be good
Once I move everything to the external hard drive will it still be on my pc or will it all just be on the external hard drive because I need to free up space on my pc..
I followed all the steps properly but I can't get the electronic arts folder to show up in my hardrive folder and my sims game seems to be missing a bunch of files including the mods one
same the electronic arts file is in my documents instead of the external drive it opened up there once i strted the game and exited out i think we have to move the my documents folder idk
@@CataOrellana I honestly gave up. So I have the game and expansion packs on my external drive, but the electronic arts folder is still in the documents. I couldnt find a way to move it.. But at least im saving a little space by the game itself being on the external drive🤷♀️
when I go to my external hard drive, electronic arts is not there, and when I start up the game it doesn’t give me the option to open a new game, the screen just goes white.
@@hardestrockstarr After downloading everything to your external hard drive you need to open your game. Your electronics arts folder won’t be in your sims 4 after you first move everything. Make sure your mods and cc are up to date because after the new update my CAS is broken as well. LMK if this doesn’t work
@@BlytheTheSimmer yeah mine electronics file didn't come up in the external drive after i started the game it went to my documents on my laptop instead of external drive
anyone know why its saying folder doesn’t exist while downloading it from ea? and when i go back to file explorer and click on the external hard drive it says “the request failed due to hardware error”??? it’s brand new..
You might have to try using a shell link. It’s a little complicated but it may not work for your type of computer. Also, try downloading the game to your pc & move your documents folder to your external Hard drive! I’m not sure if it will work successfully but that’s how I’m playing mine
AFTER YOU DOWNLOAD THE EA APP, OPEN THE APP > CLICK THE 3 left LINES > GO TO SETTINGS > DOWNLOADS > then change it there too to your external, cuz it changes it to the C DRIVE again
I really wanna hug you. I’ve been struggling with this for 2 days and I even had to reset my pc all over because nothing was working and my mods were completely gone.. thank you so much for this. ❤
@@lay6502 let me know if it works!!
@@BlytheTheSimmer it does, thank you so much 🫶🏽
I have a external hard drive coming in a few days so thank you for explaining this so well!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you so much for the help! Seriously, it made this not such a long and difficult process. I had been trying to find a video on how this all worked and you came up.
Hey!! You’re welcome I hope it worked for you
@@BlytheTheSimmer Can I pay you to remote into my desktop. I cant move my mods to save MY LIFE. help girl!
OMG😱Girl I have been watching so much videos on how to move my sims 4 game and documents and all of them are so confusing and complicated I was stressing out I’m actually waiting for my external hard drive to get here and I can’t wait to try it out hopefully it works out and I don’t run into any problems Again thank you so much the best video I have ever watched plus you explained everything so well it wasn’t complicated it was so easy to understand Awesome job sis and thank you ❤️👍😎
I moved the Electronic arts folder to my drive because it didn't come up and I added mods to it like usual but it won't show up in game
IVE GOT THE SAME ISSUE
Go under your "Documents" tab thats where i found mine
cause u need to move ur whole documents folder !!
Move your full documents !!
Yes same
You arrree a life saver!! Gonna come back as soon as I get an external drive!!
@@meh9290 thank you I tried my best!!!! I watched like a million videos and I still couldn’t find out how to do it properly 😭😭 I’m new on TH-cam and I’m not sure what other videos to make so if you have any thing else you’d like to see me do please let me know :D
@@BlytheTheSimmer can you link the videos you used
what about for people who already have the game?
That’s what I’m wondering
I literally love you.
My EA App is not showing up after adding my game to the External Hard drive do you have any idea on what may be the issue?
hi, i did all that and opened up the game and played and electronic arts file didnt go to my external drive it made the file on the laptop storage once i opened the game and did a random household what did i miss cause i did everything as u did
It might now work depending on your computer type. Try moving your documents folder to your hard drive that may work
The electronic arts folder didn’t show up after I opened and reopened sims multiple times, what do I do now??
Go under your "Documents" tab thats where i found mine
Having the same issues
you have to move your WHOOOLLE documents folder
Try moving the folder!!
@@abiii9569 Like just electronic arts or the whole documents, I have steamvr for example in my documents folder. Can I just remove it from the harddrive once its copied over to there?
I'm having the issue where the Electronic Arts folder keeps going to my C: drive and not my external hard drive. The download and install location is set to my external hard drive. I try to drag and drop the Documents folder into the drive to move it, but it only makes a copy. So if I try to run the game, will the data go to the C: drive only or both?
hold the shift button while dragging and dropping, it will move it instead of copy and paste . Your documents folder will be on the external drive so you should be good
i did all these steps and nothing has showed up in my game 😅
Once I move everything to the external hard drive will it still be on my pc or will it all just be on the external hard drive because I need to free up space on my pc..
I followed all the steps properly but I can't get the electronic arts folder to show up in my hardrive folder and my sims game seems to be missing a bunch of files including the mods one
mine too
@@mariaramos625mine too
Been looking for my mods folder
check your documents on your internal hard drive
Do you have an electronic arts folder at all?
Does this work if you have a flash drive instead??
I’m quite literally not sure :/
Having trouble with my packs not showing up any suggestions on what might be the issue ??
Is it possible to put the sims 4 on the hp 2tb pen drive?
So I did all the steps opened the game but when I come back out the sims 4 isn’t in the folder just the packs
when i clicked view custom content, nothing showed up? i followed all the steps but my mods just aren't there
If i already have the game installed on my computer do i need to uninstall it to have it on my harddrive?
@@whitleyroquemore9419 I think you should probably uninstall it and reinstall it to your hard drive.
I followed your exact steps but my electronic arts folder didn’t go on the drive it loaded on my computer by itself how do I get it on the drive?
Try just moving to over like a regular file to your external hard drive. Also make sure you check the location of your sims 4 game.
will i lose my save files after redownloading the sims 4 base game to move it to my external hard drive?
@@ThtGirlMaya yes you will you should probably back them up
I followed all your steps and do not see the electrical arts folder at all
Go under your "Documents" tab thats where i found mine
Having the same issues
same the electronic arts file is in my documents instead of the external drive it opened up there once i strted the game and exited out i think we have to move the my documents folder idk
When I launch the game my PC makes the "Electronic Arts" folder in my documents instead of in the external drive :(
Did you make sure your game is downloaded to your external hardrive?
@@BlytheTheSimmer yep..
I have the same problem right now :(
@@CataOrellana I honestly gave up. So I have the game and expansion packs on my external drive, but the electronic arts folder is still in the documents. I couldnt find a way to move it..
But at least im saving a little space by the game itself being on the external drive🤷♀️
@@vilja5155there is a video about doing a symbolic link or something on TH-cam. This seems to be a problem for most ppl
Mines says it’s already running
I’m not sure how
Do control alt delete go to your task manager and for close it and try again. It’s probably just running in the background
anyone else having the problem where they don't have a saves and tray folder on the hard drive?
Yes I have this problem
@@junaxax5677 you probably need to create them and add them into your game
Check in your documents folder on your internal hard drive for some reason that's where my stuff was.
when I go to my external hard drive, electronic arts is not there, and when I start up the game it doesn’t give me the option to open a new game, the screen just goes white.
@@hardestrockstarr After downloading everything to your external hard drive you need to open your game. Your electronics arts folder won’t be in your sims 4 after you first move everything. Make sure your mods and cc are up to date because after the new update my CAS is broken as well. LMK if this doesn’t work
@@BlytheTheSimmer it doesn’t work i’ve opened and closed it over 5 times and nothing
@@BlytheTheSimmer yeah mine electronics file didn't come up in the external drive after i started the game it went to my documents on my laptop instead of external drive
@@avim.619 same, were u able to fix it?
anyone know why its saying folder doesn’t exist while downloading it from ea? and when i go back to file explorer and click on the external hard drive it says “the request failed due to hardware error”??? it’s brand new..
You might have to try using a shell link. It’s a little complicated but it may not work for your type of computer. Also, try downloading the game to your pc & move your documents folder to your external Hard drive! I’m not sure if it will work successfully but that’s how I’m playing mine
@ thank you, i’ll try these
I downloaded my packs and add ons but my packs won't show up in my game, what should i do?
same question
I downloaded the sims 4 to my hard drive but when I launch the game the EA folder goes to documents and not the hard drive
Try moving your documents folder to your hard drive