Steam on C, games on D

NeilFawcett · 04-30-2012, 01:36 AM

Having looked around, I don't think this can be done? ie: Put your Steam program on your C drive, but all the games on the D drive?

My steam application is currently on D, but I'd like to move just the application itself (about 300-400meg) to my C drive, but leave 100+ Gb of games on the D drive...

Can this be easily done, without risking losing stuff?

It's a shame in the Steam application you can't just specify the games folder

Skoreal · 04-30-2012, 01:37 AM

Why would you want to do that?

NeilFawcett · 04-30-2012, 01:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Skoreal

Why would you want to do that?

My C drive is an SSD, so would be nice for the loading boost I guess. Don't have room on my SSD for 100+Gb of games

Shad0WeN · 04-30-2012, 02:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Skoreal

Why would you want to do that?

It would make a data backup of the entire C drive a lot smaller for one

s1234567890m · 04-30-2012, 01:40 AM

it can be done

Care_Bear · 04-30-2012, 01:41 AM

@ topic,

Maybe use mklink?

For example:

Quote:

mklink /d skyrim (Whatever your path is...)\Steam\steamapps\common\skyrim\

I don't know, as I have never tried that. I installed both the Steam client and the Steam games on my drive D.

tacc · 04-30-2012, 01:41 AM

There are dozens of threats about this, several ways to do it and even some tools like this one.
http://www.stefanjones.ca/steam/

NeilFawcett · 04-30-2012, 01:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tacc

There are dozens of threats about this, several ways to do it and even some tools like this one.
http://www.stefanjones.ca/steam/

NTFS links sounds a bit of a bodge don't you think? Doesn't feel like a properly supported method!?

TeKraken · 04-30-2012, 01:45 AM

You could move your steam folder to c: then use "gamesave manager" to move the games back to D:

Or:

Leave steam where it is and just move your current game(s) onto the ssd.

http://www.gamesave-manager.com/

Quote:

Originally Posted by NeilFawcett

My C drive is an SSD, so would be nice for the loading boost I guess. Don't have room on my SSD for 100+Gb of games

Isn't most of the loading time of the actual client 'network stuff'?

Mr. Hard Reset · 04-30-2012, 02:10 AM

I just wish Valve would make an official feature to do this.

D3rk01 · 04-30-2012, 02:16 AM

Steam mover... google it.

Auyx · 04-30-2012, 04:26 AM

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Originally Posted by D3rk01

Steam mover... google it.

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PieceOfMind · 04-30-2012, 02:20 AM

I've used SteamTool before and it seems to do the job well enough. (EDIT... oops, tacc already mentioned the same)

It's pretty much the same as Steam Mover.

By the way I can't see much advantage to having Steam itself on SSD, but definitely game folders could help. OP might need to re-install Steam on the other drive.

targetbsp · 04-30-2012, 02:46 AM

As suggested above, mklink /d is the way to do it. You can then even put your favourite games back again with another mklink /d

I've done this and I feel it is worth pointing out that Steam on C isn't all that beneficial. All the startup time of Steam is network rather than loading off the disk.

NeilFawcett · 04-30-2012, 03:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by targetbsp

As suggested above, mklink /d is the way to do it. You can then even put your favourite games back again with another mklink /d

I've done this and I feel it is worth pointing out that Steam on C isn't all that beneficial. All the startup time of Steam is network rather than loading off the disk.

OK! Thanks!

04-30-2012, 01:36 AM	#1
NeilFawcett Join Date: Oct 2007 Reputation: 11 Posts: 464	Steam on C, games on D Having looked around, I don't think this can be done? ie: Put your Steam program on your C drive, but all the games on the D drive? My steam application is currently on D, but I'd like to move just the application itself (about 300-400meg) to my C drive, but leave 100+ Gb of games on the D drive... Can this be easily done, without risking losing stuff? It's a shame in the Steam application you can't just specify the games folder

04-30-2012, 02:20 AM	#13
PieceOfMind Join Date: May 2010 Reputation: 351 Posts: 1,544	I've used SteamTool before and it seems to do the job well enough. (EDIT... oops, tacc already mentioned the same) It's pretty much the same as Steam Mover. By the way I can't see much advantage to having Steam itself on SSD, but definitely game folders could help. OP might need to re-install Steam on the other drive. Last edited by PieceOfMind: 04-30-2012 at 02:23 AM.

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Skoreal Join Date: Mar 2011 Reputation: 41 Posts: 396	Why would you want to do that?

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tacc Join Date: Sep 2008 Reputation: 1250 Posts: 3,303	There are dozens of threats about this, several ways to do it and even some tools like this one. http://www.stefanjones.ca/steam/

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Mr. Hard Reset Banned Join Date: Sep 2011 Reputation: 0 Posts: 31	I just wish Valve would make an official feature to do this.

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D3rk01 Join Date: Mar 2012 Reputation: 10 Posts: 255	Steam mover... google it.

04-30-2012, 02:46 AM	#14
targetbsp Join Date: Jul 2010 Reputation: 966 Posts: 3,730	As suggested above, mklink /d is the way to do it. You can then even put your favourite games back again with another mklink /d I've done this and I feel it is worth pointing out that Steam on C isn't all that beneficial. All the startup time of Steam is network rather than loading off the disk.