Skyrim mods - New SSD?

[Edgar R. Zakarian]

Hi guys! 

So I have a heavily modded skyrim - Steam version, using nexusmods + offsite mods (zip files) managed by Vortex Mod Manager.
I want to upgrade my storage to a 2tb M.2. SSD and would love to avoid having to reinstall all mods / decide mod installation conflicts and load order again for 650 mods. 

Could you guys let me now what options there are to do this?
How would you do it in the most hassle-free way?

I posted it under general, because it's not about skyrim per-say, more about mod managing during hardware update?

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

Clone the new ssd with whatever cloning software that it comes with

[SpookyCitrus]

What @Kinda Bottlenecked suggested. Use Macrium Reflect Home or Aomei Partition Assistant if your new SSD doesn't come with a free software for cloning. 

[LogicalDrm]

4 hours ago, Edgar R. Zakarian said:

more about mod managing during hardware update?

Aka its about Skyrim (you cant run mods without game). Moved to PC Gaming.

[Edgar R. Zakarian]

On 3/12/2024 at 7:33 PM, SpookyCitrus said:

What @Kinda Bottlenecked suggested. Use Macrium Reflect Home or Aomei Partition Assistant if your new SSD doesn't come with a free software for cloning. 

But then I'm kind of forced to clone windows over as well, right? 
Because it would be really nice with a fresh clean install of windows 11.

[Edgar R. Zakarian]

On 3/12/2024 at 9:44 PM, LogicalDrm said:

Aka its about Skyrim (you cant run mods without game). Moved to PC Gaming.

Fair point, thank you.

[SpookyCitrus]

6 hours ago, Edgar R. Zakarian said:

But then I'm kind of forced to clone windows over as well, right? 
Because it would be really nice with a fresh clean install of windows 11.

Correct, if it's on the same drive/filesystem as your Windows installation a clone will clone everything including the OS.

 

If you only want to save your mods what you could do, if you use Nexus Mods and Vortex, is create a mod collection. Using your current mod profile Vortex has an option to create a mod collection, which allows you to share it with others or yourself to set up the exact same mods on any computer. It comes in handy for doing stuff like this or if you want the same mods on multiple computers. I've used it to move my mod collection for Fallout 4, Skyrim, and RDR2 to different computers when needed. 

[Mark Kaine]

Clone it. there's no reason to reinstall windows just because you got a new drive. still rocking my original install from 2017.

 

 

 

 

 

^from the source itself, reinstalling windows isn't necessary in general, its just like a placebo thing people like doing for some reason 

[Edgar R. Zakarian]

On 3/14/2024 at 4:44 PM, SpookyCitrus said:

Correct, if it's on the same drive/filesystem as your Windows installation a clone will clone everything including the OS.

 

If you only want to save your mods what you could do, if you use Nexus Mods and Vortex, is create a mod collection. Using your current mod profile Vortex has an option to create a mod collection, which allows you to share it with others or yourself to set up the exact same mods on any computer. It comes in handy for doing stuff like this or if you want the same mods on multiple computers. I've used it to move my mod collection for Fallout 4, Skyrim, and RDR2 to different computers when needed. 

I ended up doing this. And for offsite mods, you can link to external mod sites.

For those available on login sites I used dropbox for my own personal use :P!

[SpookyCitrus]

2 hours ago, Edgar R. Zakarian said:

I ended up doing this. And for offsite mods, you can link to external mod sites.

For those available on login sites I used dropbox for my own personal use :P!

Awesome, glad it worked out for you!