Escape from Tarkov, a hardcore and realistic online first-person shooter set in the fictional Norvinsk region in 2026, recently launched on Steam’s Early Access service. In this post, We will guide you through why you should move your Escape from Tarkov save to an SSD, and also how to do it if you don’t know where to start! It’s recommended that you make an image of your game files before beginning the process just in case something goes wrong (you can always restore the backup).
How to Move Escape from Tarkov to SSD?
As we all know, hard disk drives are slowly becoming a thing of the past. They’re being replaced by faster and more reliable solid-state drives. If you’re still using an HDD for gaming, you’re seriously missing out. Not only do SSDs load games much faster, but they can also improve your in-game performance. FPS will be smoother on SSDs because there is no lag when it comes to loading up textures.
Hard drive read/write speeds vary based on where data is stored; if you store data on one end of the drive, accessing it will take longer than if it was stored at the other end. With that in mind, every time your system reads or writes information to or from a game installed on an HDD, that data has to travel across the drive. An SSD doesn’t have this problem; as long as you’re saving data at one end of the drive (the start), it’ll reach its destination instantly. Here are a few steps to guide you on how to move EFT to SSD.
- Firstly, you need to create a new partition on your M2 drive. Remember don’t install it on a C drive because most people have their windows installed on an SSD. Instead, make a new partition.
- Secondly, you need to format this partition as NTFS, so you can move larger files over to your SSD without any errors.
- Discover where the game is installed. The launcher should be opened, Settings, then Game Directory
- Make a duplicate of the Escape from Tarkov folder in the game’s directory by navigating there.
- Place the cloned folder where you want the game to be by moving it there.
- The original Escape from Tarkov folder should be deleted (the one that you made the copy from).
- Select “Set the path to existing game installation” from the Escape From Tarkov launcher’s menu, which is located above the install button.
- Choose the location where the copied Escape From Tarkov folder was stored. Verification of the game files will begin.
The short answer is yes, it is worth it to move your EFT installation to an SSD. Here’s why – Speed: Storage performance will increase dramatically by moving the install location to an SSD because SSDs can read/write data faster than HDDs. This will not only make your game smoother overall but also the load times would become insanely low to the point where you’ll not be able to read on-screen tips. Moving to SSD is worth the time and effort.