This the only way?

[ANUPLUCIFERGAMER]

Hey guys! So after a few months, I will be getting a laptop. I'd like to have my steam games on that laptop too. But the problem is, How do I migrate the games?

 

My PC has Two HDDs. One is the boot drive and another hard drive is for games. I want those games in that laptop. Is steam Family sharing the only way to do it?

 

Thanks in Advance

 

EDIT: I don't wanna re-download all of 'em games. It takes me A month to download a game, you say it so easily...Mind my internet speed..

 

Download (Max) : *cough* 100-120 kbps *Cough*

                 (Min) : *cough* 50-60 kbps *cough*

[Kyuubixchidori]

just sign into steam on the laptop, and it will let you redownload them

[Rorgash]

or you can just copy paste the entire steam library to your laptop

[TheArium]

Don't you just log in to your account on the laptop and download the games you want? 

[ANUPLUCIFERGAMER]

just sign into steam on the laptop, and it will let you redownload them

I don't want to redownload them...

[ANUPLUCIFERGAMER]

or you can just copy paste the entire steam library to your laptop

And, how do I do that? 

[Rorgash]

network works, just share the library and copy over

[Sauron]

And, how do I do that? 

 

ctrl+c of your steam folder, ctrl+v on the notebook's steam folder. Overwrite everything. Then when you tell steam to install your games it won't download anything and will just update the registry.

[ANUPLUCIFERGAMER]

ctrl+c of your steam folder, ctrl+v on the notebook's steam folder. Overwrite everything. Then when you tell steam to install your games it won't download anything and will just update the registry.

AFAIK, You don't understand...

 

Here:

 

PC: All my steam games.

 

Laptop: I wanna get those steam games here.

 

Both are different PCs..Does that still work

[Sauron]

AFAIK, You don't understand...

 

Here:

 

PC: All my steam games.

 

Laptop: I wanna get those steam games here.

 

Both are different PCs..Does that still work

 

I understand ^^

you can paste files over a network. Just connect the computers via lan and make sure the hdds are network shared.

[flibberdipper]

There should be an option to back up the games in Steam when you right click on the games (back up local files, I think).

[prolemur]

Install steam on the laptop then copy all the files from your desktops game hdd directory steam/steamapps/common. Then make sure the directory your games folder in settings is where your steamapps are and you're good to go!

[ANUPLUCIFERGAMER]

I understand ^^

you can paste files over a network. Just connect the computers via lan and make sure the hdds are network shared.

Even with crappy internet, how long would that take? Speed is given above for download. Upload is worse. Just imagine it yourself..

[prolemur]

There should be an option to back up the games in Steam when you right click on the games (back up local files, I think).

pfft if you wanna take the easy way out

 

 

Even with crappy internet, how long would that take? Speed is given above for download. Upload is worse. Just imagine it yourself..

that would take so long if he has a large game library

[ANUPLUCIFERGAMER]

There should be an option to back up the games in Steam when you right click on the games (back up local files, I think).

I never thought that, that option would ever help me

[Levent]

AFAIK, You don't understand...

 

Here:

 

PC: All my steam games.

 

Laptop: I wanna get those steam games here.

 

Both are different PCs..Does that still work

obviously. as longest you log in to steam on your laptop.

[TymmVonD]

Your local network will transfer data faster then your connection to the web. If you're hardwired, the only thing slowing it down would be your hdd's speed, which is still much faster than your internet..

 

For example...I can drag games from my PC onto my son's PC, locally. It is as fast as our HDD can go. Local traffic is not dependent on ISP bandwidth.

[Sauron]

Even with crappy internet, how long would that take? Speed is given above for download. Upload is worse. Just imagine it yourself..

 

Nooo, not through internet. I meant LOCAL network, as in there's a cable going from one pc to the other. Just paste the folder over and it will take about 8 seconds per gb.

 

[flibberdipper]

pfft if you wanna take the easy way out

 

 

that would take so long if he has a large game library

Of course I do.

 

I never thought that, that option would ever help me

And it's easy.

[ANUPLUCIFERGAMER]

Nooo, not through internet. I meant LOCAL network, as in there's a cable going from one pc to the other. Just paste the folder over and it will take about 8 seconds per gb.

 

Seriously? I didn't need the second and the third picture

[Sauron]

Seriously? I didn't need the second and the third picture

 

It's just to be sure ^^ and admit it, it was pretty funny

[Jade]

I used FTP to move the files across my network. Not the best solution but a solution none the less.