Windows 10: Just got an external SSD, painfully slow space allocation on Steam

Discus and support Just got an external SSD, painfully slow space allocation on Steam in Windows 10 Ask Insider to solve the problem; Is there anything I can do? The drive is fresh out of the box and seems to be transferring at least 200 MB/s with regular file transfers, but takes... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Ask Insider' started by /u/Tetsuo9999, Jul 7, 2020.

  1. /U/TETSUO9999
    /u/Tetsuo9999 Win User

    Just got an external SSD, painfully slow space allocation on Steam


    Is there anything I can do? The drive is fresh out of the box and seems to be transferring at least 200 MB/s with regular file transfers, but takes ages to allocate disk space when using it as a storage device for Steam games. I've checked my motherboard (B360M PRO-VD) and apparently all the blue ports are 3,1, so that's not the issue either. Thanks in advance.

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    /u/Tetsuo9999, Jul 7, 2020
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  2. GRAHAMKELL
    GrahamKell Win User

    Windows 10 - Painfully slow

    Mine's the same. Painfully slow! And no, it's not at all the gradual aging of a computer. It was super fast and responsive until the moment Windows 10 went on. Now each double click just on a folder in the file explorer takes a long time to open and respond.

    Windows 10 looks shiny and new, but under the hood it's so much slower than what it replaced.

    Drivers have been updated too, so any other suggestions would be welcome!

    Thanks!
     
    GrahamKell, Jul 7, 2020
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  3. DENIZ1433
    Deniz1433 Win User
    How much space to allocate for Windows 10

    I have a 1TB HDD. I am going to split it into 2 partitions and install Windows on the small one. Since I don’t have an SSD, how much space should I allocate to the Windows partition so it can run perfecly fine without space limitations? It says that Windows
    10 requires at least 9.5 GB allocated to it but allocating the bare minimum on it seems slow so I was thinking like 20GB should be fine until I saw someone on the internet saying 200GB. Please help me clarify how much should be okay. The reason I’m splitting
    them is that if my Windows gets corrupt (again) I can get my personal data back.
     
    Deniz1433, Jul 7, 2020
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  4. CLIFF S
    Cliff S Win User

    Just got an external SSD, painfully slow space allocation on Steam

    Cannot extend un-allocated space


    If I may make a suggestion, when you receive software updates for all your 3rd party programs start saving the installers, and get ahold of any drivers from your OEM and save them to an external device, and think about a clean install and during install, destroy all partitions, then let Windows, set everything up as it needs. It should look like this then:

    Just got an external SSD, painfully slow space allocation on Steam [​IMG]

    ***Note the unallocated is for my SSD for Garbage collection.***
     
    Cliff S, Jul 7, 2020
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