How to transfer Steam game to another drive

How to transfer the Steam game to another drive.

Computer games take up a lot of disk space. Some titles even go as high as 200GB for a single game. With such a large size (and limited bandwidth), you don’t have to waste time and data re-loading the game.

Fortunately, Steam makes it easy to transfer your game from one disc to another. While this process was more complicated in the past, Steam has now integrated the Steam library folders directly into the client.

How to Move Steam Games to Another Drive

Before you can move a Steam game from one drive to another, you will need to create a new Steam library folder on the target drive. To do this, open Steam and go to Settings> Downloads> Steam Library Folders.

All current Steam Library folders and their locations are displayed here. If you’ve never done this before, chances are there will only be one folder. Click New Folder in the lower right corner of the window and select a destination. By default, Steam uploads use the C: drive, so you may need to scroll in a new window.

After choosing a destination, name the new folder. The default name is SteamLibrary unless you choose otherwise. Once this process is complete, you can easily move games around.

Find the game you want to move to another disc. Right-click the game and select properties, then select the Local Files tab. At the bottom of this tab, click on “Move installation folder” and select the new folder where you want to move the game.

Once you have selected a folder, click on Move Folder to start the process. This may take several minutes depending on the size of the game. Keep in mind that if this folder is on an external drive, if you unplug the drive, you won’t be able to access the game.

When you install games in the future, you can choose which disc you want to install on. Games that you play frequently should be stored on your primary drive, but games that you don’t play often are good candidates for upgrading to a secondary (potentially external) drive so they don’t clutter up your memory.

How to Game Between Multiple Computers

There are times when someone can play on more than one computer. Maybe you have a college dorm setup and one at home, or maybe you’re playing a competition but need your own Steam library for competition. Whatever the reason, you can put your entire library on an external drive and carry it around with you.

If you’re going to store your Steam library on an external hard drive, you’ll need an SSD for faster boot times. To get started, follow the same steps as above. Open Steam> Settings> Downloads> Steam Library Folders.

Create a new Steam library on an external drive. Download or copy your Steam games to an external drive. Once you do this, you can use the drive on any PC. You will need to install Steam on a new computer and set the default folder to your external drive.

To do this, simply follow the instructions to create a new folder, but instead of creating one, select an existing folder and destination and click Select.

Sometimes it can take a few minutes to download all the necessary files, but once the game is launched, you should be able to play with little or no delay.

Why You Should Move Steam Games

Many modern gaming PCs have two drives: a solid state drive that stores the operating system and the games you use most, and a traditional hard drive that has significantly more storage for non-essential files.

If you have a core set of games that you spend most of your time in, these are the best games to keep on your main drive. However, if there are other games that you want to try but don’t mind the increased load times, you can put them on an additional drive.

This way, your most popular games load faster and play better, and games that you don’t intend to devote most of your time won’t take up space on your SSD. If you start spending more time playing games on the secondary drive, you can move them to the primary drive – just don’t use up all storage space1

What for? Solid-state drives boot significantly faster than traditional hard drives. Playing on an SSD will have faster load times and better performance than playing on a traditional SATA drive.

If you want a good example of where this can be useful, take a look at an open-world game. Skyrim for example. Open-world games take a long time to load, but SSD reduces latency and increases the time you spend playing.

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