How To Download Steam Games To Hdd Instead Of Ssd
Choose the directory move folder.
How to download steam games to hdd instead of ssd. If steam is pointed to that drive it will treat it as any other. I want it to save on my hdd instead because i only have 128 gb on the ssd card. Select the steam library you want to move the game to and click the move folder button. I want to move a game back off my ssd. For them the middle solution is to have an ssd for the os and an hdd for the rest of the stuff.
I recently installed ssd on my desktop and decided to put only windows and steam there but now everything i download saves on the ssd. Once that folder is made exit out of steam client. While games do benefit from being installed on an ssd it is only in the form of quicker initial or in between load time. Click the local files tab and click the move install folder button. Go to steam settings downloads steam library folder.
Alternatively it is recommended to install steam on hdd instead of manually handling game installations. To move other games just repeat this process. Hi i have just brought an ssd which has the os on it and is the local disk c drive and i now have my hdd as my storage e drive. Once it s on there though you re all set. Make new folder on the drive u intend to use or that has the games.
I copied about 200gb of games in just under 20 minutes to an external ssd over usb 3 2. I already changed the settings on windows 10 and switched it to the d storage but yeah. Then go put your games in that new steam folder so the folder structure is like this. Right click on the game in your steam library properties local files tab move install folder. Don t need to reinstall game.