Alex Ruben
How To Speed Up FitGirl Game Installations in 2025
If you’re tired of watching that progress bar crawl, this guide might help. Sometimes, installing FitGirl repacks feels painfully slow, especially on older systems or if antivirus is snooping every file. The goal here is to streamline the process, tighten up settings, and get your game ready faster — without a ton of guesswork. Not sure why it’s so sluggish? Well, a lot of times it’s just about your drive type, background processes, or Windows settings. Doing some quick tweaks can cut down waiting times pretty noticeably. By the end of this, you might wonder why no one told you earlier, and hopefully, it’ll save a bunch of frustration.
How to Fix Slow FitGirl Game Installs in 2025
Check Your Storage Type
This is kind of a no-brainer, but it’s super important. SSDs eat HDDs for breakfast when it comes to copying and installing files. If your install is feeling ultra slow, first verify what drive you’re using. SSDs will speed things up naturally, while HDDs tend to slow everything down, especially with big files. Here’s a quick way to peek:
- Hit Ctrl + Shift + Esc to open Task Manager.
- Head over to the Performance tab; the disks are listed right there.
- If it says SSD next to your drive, good. If not, and speed is a concern, consider swapping to an SSD or at least installing the game on a different drive.
On some setups, it’s weird, but this step alone made a huge difference for folks trying to cut install times. Because of course Windows has to make it harder than necessary.
Prepare the Installation Folder Wisely
Installing into default C:\Program Files is tempting, but it can create permission headaches and slow things down. Better to pick a different drive or folder. I recommend creating a dedicated folder like D:\Games\ (or whatever drive is less busy). Plus, make sure that drive has at least twice the free space of the game size—so for a 50 GB game, aim for at least 100 GB free. This avoids bottlenecks and Windows permissions nags. Setting this up beforehand means no surprises when you hit install, and it might squeeze a little extra speed out of the process.
Temporarily Disable Antivirus
This step is kinda controversial—security first, right? But, antivirus software can slow down large file operations because they get scanned repeatedly during copying or unpacking. To give your install a boost:
- Open Windows Security from the start menu.
- Click on Virus & Threat Protection.
- Hit Manage Settings and toggle off Real-time protection.
Remember to re-enable this after, or you’ll do more damage than good. On some machines, this causes the install to go from painfully slow to a bit faster, but don’t forget you’re temporarily unprotected, so only do it if you’re 100% confident about the source.
Start the Installation
Now, fire up the setup file. It’s usually a .exe or a .bat file. Double-click, pick your language, and hit next. Mute the intro music if possible, since less disk activity can help. Watch for optional checkboxes—unchecking unnecessary language packs or bonus content might save a few minutes, and don’t be afraid to skip anything not critical.
Optimize CPU Priority
This is more advanced, but on some setups, tweaking CPU priority can shrink install times. Why it helps? By giving the installer higher CPU priority, your system allocates more resources to finish it quickly, instead of letting background stuff steal cycles. Here’s how:
- Open Task Manager again (Ctrl + Shift + Esc).
- Locate the setup process in the Processes tab.
- Right-click it and choose Go to Details.
- In the Details tab, right-click the setup process again, then pick Set Priority → High.
- Finally, select Set Affinity and check all CPUs available — this ensures maximum CPU utilization.
On some systems, this step helps reduce install times noticeably, but be careful not to set it to Realtime; that can cause instability.
Close Background Applications
Every program running in the background steals CPU cycles and RAM, slowing the install. Make sure to close stuff like Discord, Steam, Epic Games launcher, or any other resource hogs. Just right-click their icons in the tray and choose Exit. Depending on your setup, this can free up quite a bit of processing power and disk bandwidth, helping things move faster.
Start the Installation and Keep an Eye on Resources
With everything set, proceed. If your PC has less than 8 GB RAM, you might want to check if there’s a way during setup to limit RAM usage, though most modern setups don’t have that option. Just follow the install prompts, uncheck optional languages or extras to save time, and hit install. Usually, on newer machines, this step is straightforward. After you see progress bar moving… yeah, it still might take a while, but possibly less than before.
Extra Tips & Common Pitfalls
If things still drag, here’s a quick list:
- Update Windows — better system performance, fewer bugs.
- Use dedicated installation tools if available — they sometimes accelerate or stabilize the process. For example, check out Winhance on GitHub.
- If errors pop up, check the game files for missing parts or try running in compatibility mode (right-click setup > Properties > Compatibility).
Sometimes, simply rebooting after all this helps, especially if you’ve been running multiple resource-heavy apps on the side.
Wrap-up
These tweaks can really help cut down install times and make the whole process less of a pain. Not every fix works perfectly on every machine, but a combination of faster drives, turning off real-time protection temporarily, and giving the installer full CPU access tends to do the trick. Just remember, sometimes Windows is just making things harder than they should be. Experiment a bit, and see what blazes through fastest on your setup.
Summary
- Check if you’re on SSD for faster data transfer
- Choose a separate drive for installation
- Temporarily disable antivirus real-time scanning
- Run setup with high CPU priority
- Close unneeded background apps
- Keep Windows updated and consider alternative installers if available
Fingers crossed this helps
Getting your game installed faster isn’t always straightforward, but with these tweaks, the wait might not be so painful. Usually, a mix of these steps on one machine did the trick — no promises, but worth a shot. Good luck, and hopefully, this shaves off a few hours for someone.