Not Enough Space - But I do?!

So for the past 2 hours I've been trying to set up my new Oculus Rift that I just got, but its been a hassle. Now whenever I run the software the program says, "Not Enough Space The oculus rift need 6.37 gb of storage." Thing is I have a spare 437 gb drive that I want to us for it and it is in a D:\.
Although I installed the software through my D:\ Drive it keeps downloading the contents to my C:\ Drive and is overall annoying. I am trying to move the files by using the instructions on the support page, https://support.oculus.com/1142129705828091/ ,but nothing happens it just opens the folder and doesn't move it... !?

Can I get some assistance?

c drive

Rift

storage

RichardNixon
8 years ago
I had the exact same problem, here is the solution.

The problem is Oculus has a code line, where it picks and chooses which drive should be used, and the drive has to be "Basic" Type and "NTFS" format. I was on live support with oculus, before I figured out the problem.

1. Goto "Disk Management" in windows
2. Looks at your different drives and see if they are in "NTFS" format and "Basic" type. (Your drive is most likely "Dynamic" and in "NTFS" Format)

3 If they aren't you are going to want to backup all of your files on your D: drive and put them on your C: drive (If you have space) or another drive for the time being. (Transferring your files will take a while)
4. Open Computer Management (Local), to open it press the windows key and R on your keyboard simultaneously and in the run window type compmgmt.msc and then press enter.

5. In the console tree, click Computer Management and then click Disk Management.
6. Right-click each volume on the dynamic disk you want to convert to a basic disk, and then click Delete Volume for each volume on the disk
7 When all volumes on the disk have been deleted, right-click the disk, and then click Convert To Basic Disk.
8 After this, you want to right click the disk again, then hit "Create new volume", go through all of the steps that it says.
8. After this, transfer all of your files back to your D: drive
9. Redownload Oculus setup

10. Ta Da
RichardNixon
8 years ago
If it still doesn't work, open up your file explorer
Locate where your OculusSetup is
In the address bar, clear it and type "cmd"
Then copy and paste this is into the command console "OculusSetup.exe /drive=D "
The setup should loadup, then Ta da

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Syrellaris
Rising Star
8 years ago
You can set the download folder for games int he software to the drive of your choice.
falken76
Expert Consultant
8 years ago
I think he's running out of space on his C drive. Oculus installs the main software on the C drive and you can set the path for game installs during the initial setup. But C needs enough space for the program install. The link the OP provided looks like it is using the command line (dos) to set the directory path or tricking the system into think the path has been changed.

If the C drive is that full, he should backup and do a complete re-install of the OS because no space available on your c: drive will cause problems with everything eventually.
RichardNixon
Honored Guest
8 years ago
I had the exact same problem, here is the solution.

The problem is Oculus has a code line, where it picks and chooses which drive should be used, and the drive has to be "Basic" Type and "NTFS" format. I was on live support with oculus, before I figured out the problem.

1. Goto "Disk Management" in windows
2. Looks at your different drives and see if they are in "NTFS" format and "Basic" type. (Your drive is most likely "Dynamic" and in "NTFS" Format)

3 If they aren't you are going to want to backup all of your files on your D: drive and put them on your C: drive (If you have space) or another drive for the time being. (Transferring your files will take a while)
4. Open Computer Management (Local), to open it press the windows key and R on your keyboard simultaneously and in the run window type compmgmt.msc and then press enter.

5. In the console tree, click Computer Management and then click Disk Management.
6. Right-click each volume on the dynamic disk you want to convert to a basic disk, and then click Delete Volume for each volume on the disk
7 When all volumes on the disk have been deleted, right-click the disk, and then click Convert To Basic Disk.
8 After this, you want to right click the disk again, then hit "Create new volume", go through all of the steps that it says.
8. After this, transfer all of your files back to your D: drive
9. Redownload Oculus setup

10. Ta Da
- iAteyourcow123
  Honored Guest
  3 years ago
  Hey I don't really understand how I do this, I have the same problem could you assist me please?
- CreepGaming_25
  Honored Guest
  2 years ago
  THANK YOU LEGEND
- Alan.Osuna
  Honored Guest
  2 years ago
  I have to say that the solution through the command C:\Users\STUDIO\Music\OculusSetup.exe /drive=K (in my case)
  
  It solved my problem, but it was not that simple, if you do not have at least 2 hard drives it will not work, my hard drive (k) had a dynamic file system and I had to format it, assign it the letter k again and assign it a "basic" disk system .
  
  Those from "metaquest" find it incredible that their team of programmers have not solved this yet.
  
  They have to make an installer that works with a dynamic disk system.
RichardNixon
Honored Guest
8 years ago
If it still doesn't work, open up your file explorer
Locate where your OculusSetup is
In the address bar, clear it and type "cmd"
Then copy and paste this is into the command console "OculusSetup.exe /drive=D "
The setup should loadup, then Ta da
- thefirespirit98
  Honored Guest
  5 years ago
  Thank you for doing what Facebook still hasn't done in 2021 and explained that. Why you even have to do this backwards method when changing the instal location should just be a part of installation like 99% of other programs, I have no idea.
- Scribblecloud
  Explorer
  5 years ago
  'OculusSetup.exe' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
  operable program or batch file.
- Anonymous
  5 years ago
  i know im late but when i paste it in all it says is 'OculusSetup.exe' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
  operable program or batch file.
cybereality
Grand Champion
8 years ago
The folder you select is for your games (and needs at least 120GB free). The Oculus app itself still always installs on the C drive, so you need space there too. It used to be 4GB, but having at least 8GB free should be sufficient.
KevinB63
Honored Guest
7 years ago
This is bullshit, the fact I just spent all this money on this VR and have to do all this extra shit because you guys fked up the code is ridiculous.
ScaryCherry
Honored Guest
6 years ago
been sitting here for 12 hours trying to do everything and nothing worked returning the oculus
Fretcoz
Explorer
6 years ago
fuck oculus man i have been awake for almost 3 days trying to clear some space on my drive rn i have 82.6GB out of 155GB,but it still wont download
- camdog1
  Honored Guest
  4 years ago
  it's because you're on a dynamic disk and not basic. i agree, what kind of sw developer does this to their customer? What a pain in the ass
- Solilo
  Honored Guest
  4 years ago
  what RichardNixon said earlier does work, but if you put the full file path it'll forcefully execute it. I had the same problem and none of this other stuff was working, but do "OculusSetup.exe /drive=D " and replace it with D:OculusSetup.exe /drive=D to get it to actually run
  - Urban_Galaxy
    Honored Guest
    4 years ago
    Thank you very mutch you really helped me.
jmcguire_dev
Honored Guest
6 years ago

RichardNixon said:

If it still doesn't work, open up your file explorer
Locate where your OculusSetup is
In the address bar, clear it and type "cmd"
Then copy and paste this is into the command console "OculusSetup.exe /drive=D "
The setup should loadup, then Ta da

This worked for me. Thanks!
Nunyabinez
Rising Star
6 years ago
A couple of comments for people who might come across this thread. If you are a serious PC user your instincts will betray you. DON'T try use symbolic links or other fancy tricks to move files. They won't work.

Use the Oculus app to do it. Go to Settings>General>Library Locations and then add your new location.
Then go to your INSTALLED GAME in the Oculus app, click on the three dots, select move, select location and let it move it.

Important point: To install to a specific drive, go to the same location as above and change the default drive. You can't choose which drive when you install an app, but you can choose which drive is the default drive before and it will install it to that drive.

This is a terrible implementation, but in general Oculus has a strange process for handling installs. My experience is that when there is an update, Oculus downloads the entire game to the staging folder and then moves it to the normal directory when complete. When Asgard's Wrath updated, I had to make room for 120+GB of space just to update it even though it was already installed.
- mclean.27.2024
  Honored Guest
  2 months ago
  how do you use oculas app when it wont install due to spce i have 2 drives 1 with 960gb space c drive and d drive with full terrabite of fresh space but no help on this forum works but it fine on my laptop
  - Maccyb123
    Superstar
    2 months ago
    I think, if I'm right here you're not talking about disk space on your headset, you're talking about disk space on your PC ?

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