Would This Work???

shadedemonic · 08-18-2012, 10:32 PM

Hi i recentley insallted a 2TB Internal harddrive because my 500GB was not big enough anyway

i want to move all my games to my second harddrive if i deleate all the files in the steam folder besdies the steam.exe and the steamapps folder.

Then click back and cut and paste the steam folder with the game and steam.exe in it and paste it into my secondary harddrive, then launch steam and it would update itsself would that work?.
or would it give me errors i dont wanna redownload everything

Smooth613 · 08-18-2012, 11:05 PM

Moving a STEAM install to another drive is very simple - Follow the below Support Article for assistance.

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_...7418-YUBN-8129

shadedemonic · 08-19-2012, 03:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Smooth613

Moving a STEAM install to another drive is very simple - Follow the below Support Article for assistance.

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_...7418-YUBN-8129

thanks alot did it and now i have free space on my primary harddrive

now when i install games it should go into the secondary harddrive hopefully have not tried it yet

CTRL ALT DEL ! · 08-19-2012, 03:46 AM

They always install to steamapps, your good to go.

08-18-2012, 10:32 PM	#1
shadedemonic Join Date: Dec 2011 Reputation: 8 Posts: 316	Would This Work??? Hi i recentley insallted a 2TB Internal harddrive because my 500GB was not big enough anyway i want to move all my games to my second harddrive if i deleate all the files in the steam folder besdies the steam.exe and the steamapps folder. Then click back and cut and paste the steam folder with the game and steam.exe in it and paste it into my secondary harddrive, then launch steam and it would update itsself would that work?. or would it give me errors i dont wanna redownload everything

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08-18-2012, 11:05 PM	#2
Smooth613 Join Date: Sep 2010 Reputation: 290 Posts: 745	Moving a STEAM install to another drive is very simple - Follow the below Support Article for assistance. https://support.steampowered.com/kb_...7418-YUBN-8129

08-19-2012, 03:46 AM	#4
CTRL ALT DEL ! Join Date: Jan 2011 Reputation: 2431 Posts: 3,413	They always install to steamapps, your good to go.