How do you change install locations for Steam games? Can I move Steam to HDD?

I was wondering if it is possible to change the Install location for Steam games and if you can cut/paste steam to a new drive without having to redownload all your games.

TY. LOL I tried copying and pasting my steam folder which is over 125GB and it was going to take over twenty hours. LOL

Not sure what operating system you are using but take the "time estimates" for copying stuff across with a huge lorry load of salt especially if it is Win7 (notorious for guesstimating the time remaining inaccuratly by a factor of 2 million). I recently bought a new HD to use exclusively for steam and I think it took around 2ish hours to copy 500gbs across. Naturally how long it will take on your machine depends on how fast your hard discs are.

If you don't want to copy it all in one go then there is a solution. All your games are stored in the steam/steamapps/common folder, each game is stored in it's own folder. So you could copy a few games at a time rather than copying the whole games folder.

TY. LOL I tried copying and pasting my steam folder which is over 125GB and it was going to take over twenty hours. LOL

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I found out what was up. There was a certain folder that tranfered really slow. After that most of my stuff transferred quickly. I am currently transferring about 108 GB and it says it will only take about 30 minutes. Big difference in time. 20 hours down to about 1 total. :P

also to speed things up....don't "copy" the folder, "cut" it.....it takes a millenia for windows to make copies of hundreds of gigs of data....just cut it and be done :) I made that mistake the first time...woo wee did I wait a long time...

Actually I was wondering if it was possible to have separate directories on different HDDs for Steam games? I'm guessing not.skrat_01

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[QUOTE="skrat_01"]Actually I was wondering if it was possible to have separate directories on different HDDs for Steam games? I'm guessing not.ionusX

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Actually I was wondering if it was possible to have separate directories on different HDDs for Steam games? I'm guessing not.skrat_01

It is possible but it isn't something I would recommend doing. You need to use a third party program to create a "junction point". You can read more info here :-

http://www.rekenwonder.com/linkmagic.htm

You could also use a program called "steam mover" which does more or less the same thing :-

http://www.traynier.com/software/steammover

[QUOTE="skrat_01"]Actually I was wondering if it was possible to have separate directories on different HDDs for Steam games? I'm guessing not.charmingcharlie

It is possible but it isn't something I would recommend doing. You need to use a third party program to create a "junction point". You can read more info here :-

http://www.rekenwonder.com/linkmagic.htm

You could also use a program called "steam mover" which does more or less the same thing :-

http://www.traynier.com/software/steammover

Yes Actually you can...If your running Windows 7 & Vista open CMD. Then type in ---------------> MKLINK /J "C:/Program Files/steam/steamapps" "put to your destination Files like D: or E:. Before You do this Change THE SteamApps name to TUD, TRUD or anything you like.Adli0371

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