How To Download Steam Games On Hdd

By default steam installs to c program files steam or c program files x86 steam on 64 bit editions of windows and the games install to c program files steam steamapps.

How to download steam games on hdd. When a game is installed or moved to an external drive. I found the instructions on the steam support website. With the steam client open click steam in the utmost left corner. Running out of space on your laptop or just want to organise where you keep your steam games. It turned out to be a pretty easy task to move steam from c to d.

To do this in steam click steam settings. Go to the local files tab. Click add library folder select the drive you want to create the library folder on and click new folder. In this window on the left hand. Select the downloads category and click the steam library folders button.

Click move install folder. In file explorer on windows 10 you need to go to the location of your existing steam games library. Go to the local files tab. Cut and paste your steam folder to the new location for example. Right click the game you want to move and select properties.

Once the folder has been moved return to the properties window for the game. Navigate to the folder where steam is installed by default. If everything checks out your game has been moved and can now be played. C program files steam delete all of the files and folders except the steamapps folder and steam exe. Open the dropdown and select your external drive.

Click verify integrity of game files. Moving steam to a second hard drive. To copy it just literally drag the whole thing to your external drive then go grab a beverage. That will launch a separate window. Steam will briefly update and then you will be ready to play.