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How to make SD card useable storage on laptop

Anonymous
2025-06-16T21:43:19+00:00

So I got a 128 gb stroage sd card today and inserted into my computers sd reader and it showed up fine but when I went in settings and clicked "where new content is saved" and selected my sd card, this showed up (Im using https://a.co/d/esa6qWM) I want to download games and apps on my new sd card.

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-06-17T00:54:37+00:00

    Check the game store you are using because some apps don’t allow installs to a removable drives like SD cards. Fortnite for example often restricts this. Try creating a symbolic link pointing a folder on your main drive to the SD card. If you are trying to download at Epic Games open Epic Games Launcher and click your profile on the top right click Settings then Scroll to Manage Games and enable Install locations or Allow installation of games in different locations.

    Please try these steps and let me know how it goes. If you run into any issues just reply back with the details.

    Best regards,

    Harry

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-06-18T03:17:57+00:00

    Yes this worked, thank you!

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-06-17T00:28:50+00:00

    Okay so for the new content thingy it allowed me to put sd card as an option but when I'm trying to download fornite or something like this, it only shows my windows drive as a storage point

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-06-16T22:32:26+00:00

    Hello Bamzam! Thank you so much for reaching out, I am Harvie an Independent Advisor, and I am glad to assist you today with this issue.

    To use your SD card for apps or games and fix error 0x80070002 try to format your SD Card, right click the SD card in File Explorer go to Format choose NTFS and click Start and be mindful since this erases everything so back up first. Give a simple Drive Letter on your SD Card on Disk Management (Win + X) just right click your SD card and choose Change Drive Letter and Paths then assign a new simple letter like S: or G:.

    Set a Default Save Location on Settings click System go to Storage look for Where new content is saved and choose your SD card. Also run Check Disk if needed to Command Prompt (Admin) and type: chkdsk S: /f replace S: with your SD card letter.

    Please try these steps and let me know how it goes. If you run into any issues just reply back with the details.

    Best regards,

    Harry

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