How To Download Steam Games On External Hard Drive

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How to download steam games on external hard drive. Open steam then click steam settings downloads steam library folders add library folder choose the folder on the external hard drive. Here s an example of how to move the steam installation between two hard drives. How to play steam games on external hard drive or ssd subscribe for more. With the steam client open click steam in the utmost left corner. Then choose settings from the dropdown menu.

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. Open the choose location for install dropdown and select your external drive. Navigate to the folder where steam is installed by default. Open library choose the game you want to move right click it and select properties.

Move game to external drive. Cut and paste your steam folder to the new location for example. On the main install window click next and the game will begin to download. To copy it just literally drag the whole thing to your external drive then go grab a beverage. Log out and exit steam.

Select the downloads category and click the steam library folders button. Select the root of the external drive to install the game and click select. From the drop down click backup and restore games then select restore a previous backup. Find the backup you d like to restore and click next. To do this in steam click steam settings.

On the next window that opens click ok and do not change the name of the folder that steam has set. Allow the game to finish downloading and play it. Simply open your steam client and click on the steam menu button.