How To Download Steam On External Hard Drive

I have a video here showing you how to install your steam games on a second hard drive incase they start to take up too much space on you.

How to download steam on external hard drive. Select the root of the external drive to install the game and click select. Navigate to the folder where steam is installed by default. It s been awhile since i set it up but i think all i had to do was install steam the the external hard drive. Here s an example of how to move the steam installation between two hard drives. In steam preferences downloads you can specify an alternate library folder.

Each time you plug the hdd into a new computer you have to verify that computer with steam i think. Here s how it s done. If you re low on space on the drive you have steam installed you can move the steam folder to a different location. Log out and exit steam. Just make a new folder named steamlibrary on your external drive and choose it.

On the main install window click next and the game will begin to download. Open library choose the game you want to move right click it and select properties. On the next window that opens click ok and do not change the name of the folder that steam has set. Once steam is installed the games should automatically install to the external hdd. Plug in your external drive of choice and fire up steam.

How to install via steam installing games in a different location than default on steam is easy. Allow the game to finish downloading and play it.