Say your solid state drive (SSD) that Windows is installed on doesn't have enough room for all the Oculus Rift games you want to download, and you have that big, beefy hard drive sitting empty.

Upon installation, the Oculus app does let you choose which drive to install games to, but what about if you already have everything installed? There isn't an official way to migrate your games, but you can either move everything yourself and create a symbolic link, or you can use vrBackupper to get the job done.

Whichever way you choose, here's how to change your Oculus file directory to free up space on your hard drive.

How to manually move your Oculus library to a different drive

This method involves doing everything yourself, including creating a symbolic link in Command Prompt. If you aren't comfortable with this method, give the vrBackupper method a try.

Stop the Oculus VR Runtime service

Before anything else, you should stop the Oculus VR Runtime service.

Right-click the Start button. Click Search. Type services and hit Enter on your keyboard. Right-click Oculus VR Runtime Service. You might have to scroll down a bit to find it. Click Stop.

We will start this service again following the process.

Create a new directory on your other hard drive

Before doing anything else, you want to create a new folder to house your Oculus games.

Click the File Explorer button in your taskbar. Click your alternate drive. In this case, ours is New Volume (D:). Right-click within the window. Hover over New and click Folder. Type a name for the folder and hit Enter on your keyboard. In this case, we named the folder Rift Games. Double-click Rift Games to open it.

Keep this window and folder open — you will need it in a few moments.

Migrate your existing games to the other drive