Steam games on different harddrives

**Arakorn** · November 16, 2012, 02:07 PM

So I just noticed that my C: drive has only about 28 GB of free space. I've got Windows 7 and most of my programs on C:, plus Steam. My D: drive which is an identical 320GB HD has mostly got all the non-steam games on it. Then I have a 2TB drive with vast amounts of differents "data" that I won't go in on now.
But with the upcoming Hitman on Tuesday (read somewhere that it will require 24GB of HD space :o), my C: is fast filling with data. None of the Steam games installed are games that I'd like to uninstall, even though I seldom play them. The problem is that more and more games like to activate through Steam, which obviously causes a problem when all the games are on the same drive.

So is there any way to a few of the installed games onto another drive? I heard that when installing a new game, you get to select where to install it. This is something I've never noticed, and I will definately do this for Hitman Absolution. But 28GB isn't much and once in a while Windows displays the free space on "my computer" as red, so moving a few of the Steam games to another drive would be sound. However, is this even possible without first uninstalling the game and then reinstalling it on another drive?

I read this and the way I see it, as long as I get another Steam folder somewhere else, using the same technique I should be able to move some of my games there.

I was also linked this and it seems a viable option, albeit one I haven't ever played around with, simply moving it around "for real" would be a better if possible.

**PoleCat** · November 17, 2012, 01:15 AM

You've already found the answer. Your first link is your best option as it details what moves you need to make to move the SteamApps folder. In the future - is there any way to make the Steam client install to a path other than C:\? I'll admit I don't know....

Good luck!

**karamazovmm** · November 17, 2012, 06:39 AM

get into the steam beta program, by accepting it in the preferences panel.

after that is done,, files are updated, you are going to be redirected to the beta version, in which you can install your games anywhere you like

**Arakorn** · November 17, 2012, 11:05 AM

Originally Posted by PoleCat

You've already found the answer. Your first link is your best option as it details what moves you need to make to move the SteamApps folder. In the future - is there any way to make the Steam client install to a path other than C:\? I'll admit I don't know....

Good luck!

So I can with the first link move only some of my games, or? I found no confirmation of that...

Originally Posted by Karamazovmm

get into the steam beta program, by accepting it in the preferences panel.

after that is done,, files are updated, you are going to be redirected to the beta version, in which you can install your games anywhere you like

Cool, anyone knows how stable the beta is?

**PoleCat** · November 17, 2012, 08:10 PM

Originally Posted by Arakorn

So I can with the first link move only some of my games, or? I found no confirmation of that...

From here it looks like you'd need to uninstall and then reinstall to another drive using that method but thankfully others have posted.

Use PGeo36's solution. It looks like it should work. Bolkonsky's suggestion of using the Beta should also be tried - he knows where he's coming from.

And don't look to me to solve your Steam issues. I don't use the service and only posted to get some of the others to post on your issue. Sometimes they'll all ignore a zero response thread because they're too afraid to be the first. Too afraid to be wrong. I'm too old to have that fear and don't mind being ridiculed as I'm often wrong....