How To Download Steam Games On Hdd

With the steam client open click steam in the utmost left corner.

How to download steam games on hdd. I found the instructions on the steam support website. Steam will briefly update and then you will be ready to play. In this window on the left hand. Then choose settings from the dropdown menu. Open the dropdown and select your external drive.

Select the downloads category and click the steam library folders button. Running out of space on your laptop or just want to organise where you keep your steam games. Click verify integrity of game files. Cut and paste your steam folder to the new location for example. That will launch a separate window.

To do this in steam click steam settings. It turned out to be a pretty easy task to move steam from c to d. All future game content will be downloaded to the new folder d games steam steamapps. Once the folder has been moved return to the properties window for the game. Go to the local files tab.

Click move install folder. To copy it just literally drag the whole thing to your external drive then go grab a beverage. Moving steam to a second hard drive. C program files steam delete all of the files and folders except the steamapps folder and steam exe. Go to the local files tab.

Right click the game you want to move and select properties. Navigate to the folder where steam is installed by default. If everything checks out your game has been moved and can now be played. When a game is installed or moved to an external drive. Click add library folder select the drive you want to create the library folder on and click new folder.