How To Download Steam Games On Hdd

All future game content will be downloaded to the new folder d games steam steamapps.

How to download steam games on hdd. That will launch a separate window. Running out of space on your laptop or just want to organise where you keep your steam games. In file explorer on windows 10 you need to go to the location of your existing steam games library. If everything checks out your game has been moved and can now be played. Select the downloads category and click the steam library folders button.

In this window on the left hand. 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. To copy it just literally drag the whole thing to your external drive then go grab a beverage. Once the folder has been moved return to the properties window for the game. Click verify integrity of game files.

It turned out to be a pretty easy task to move steam from c to d. Then choose settings from the dropdown menu. To do this in steam click steam settings. Cut and paste your steam folder to the new location for example. Moving steam to a second hard drive.

When a game is installed or moved to an external drive. Go to the local files tab. Go to the local files tab. Open the dropdown and select your external drive. In this video i will show you how to move steam games to an ext.

Click add library folder select the drive you want to create the library folder on and click new folder. Navigate to the folder where steam is installed by default. C program files steam delete all of the files and folders except the steamapps folder and steam exe. With the steam client open click steam in the utmost left corner. Right click the game you want to move and select properties.