Moving steam help

[Killswitch49]

When i first got my pc in my idiocy i put steam on my hdd and not my ssd and am only now getting around to moving it. Everybody online says save the steam apps folder and steam.exe but i cant find steam.exe. When scrolling through the steam folder all i can find is steam.exe.old so i ask how should i go about moving steam but keeping my games on a hdd

[Guest]

I'd like to know as well, I'll be in a similar situation (hopefully tommorow) when my SSD comes.

 

I would guess that you could just reinstall steam and setup your old steam folder as game storage in the options, but I'd need someone to confirm.

[Vypr]

If you have userdata and steamapps then go and download a steam.exe file and execute that.

 

Misread that, you don't see the steamapps or userdata folder in your steam programfiles?

[werto165]

Just install it on your SSD and then link it: 

 

click steam library folders and click your HDD's library. 

[Killswitch49]

If you have userdata and steamapps then go and download a steam.exe file and execute that.

 

Misread that, you don't see the steamapps or userdata folder in your steam programfiles?

Srry i do see the steam apps folder but steam.exe is nowhere to be found.

[Rageoclax]

One of the easiest ways to do this is save your current game files/saves. Then uninstall Steam from the HDD, reinstall Steam on the SSD, and direct it to your games on the HDD. 

 

To find your games go to the drive you have Steam installed on and navigate as such: Steam > steamapps > common. This is what you want to really save from the system. Back this information up somewhere else on the system or on an external drive. 

 

Then Uninstall Steam from the HDD and reinstall Steam on the SSD. Once installed go into the Steam Settings and navigate to the Downloads tab. Here you should find a listing for Steam Library Folders. Now use Add Library Folder to bring up a new prompt. This will then allow you to find the directory where you stored all the games your previously backed up. Select the folder and hit OK. Steam should take care of the rest and detect the current games you have downloaded/installed. 

[Vypr]

Srry i do see the steam apps folder but steam.exe is nowhere to be found.

 

No problem then, just download and install steam and replace your steamapps or better yet get a steam.exe file and put it in your steam directory and execute it.

[Killswitch49]

One of the easiest ways to do this is save your current game files/saves. Then uninstall Steam from the HDD, reinstall Steam on the SSD, and direct it to your games on the HDD. 

 

To find your games go to the drive you have Steam installed on and navigate as such: Steam > steamapps > common. This is what you want to really save from the system. Back this information up somewhere else on the system or on an external drive. 

 

Then Uninstall Steam from the HDD and reinstall Steam on the SSD. Once installed go into the Steam Settings and navigate to the Downloads tab. Here you should find a listing for Steam Library Folders. Now use Add Library Folder to bring up a new prompt. This will then allow you to find the directory where you stored all the games your previously backed up. Select the folder and hit OK. Steam should take care of the rest and detect the current games you have downloaded/installed. 

so only save the common folder? Not all of steam apps eg all the other folders and acf files

[Killswitch49]

One of the easiest ways to do this is save your current game files/saves. Then uninstall Steam from the HDD, reinstall Steam on the SSD, and direct it to your games on the HDD. 

 

To find your games go to the drive you have Steam installed on and navigate as such: Steam > steamapps > common. This is what you want to really save from the system. Back this information up somewhere else on the system or on an external drive. 

 

Then Uninstall Steam from the HDD and reinstall Steam on the SSD. Once installed go into the Steam Settings and navigate to the Downloads tab. Here you should find a listing for Steam Library Folders. Now use Add Library Folder to bring up a new prompt. This will then allow you to find the directory where you stored all the games your previously backed up. Select the folder and hit OK. Steam should take care of the rest and detect the current games you have downloaded/installed. 

And also would cutting and pasting to another place on the hdd be fine as my hdd is full and cant fit a whole mirror of my games library.

[Rageoclax]

so only save the common folder? Not all of steam apps eg all the other folders and acf files

Your games will most likely take you the longest to download/reinstall which is why I suggest it. 

 

You can take all of the files listed in the other folders as well. It's up to you to decide which you would want to keep. I normally don't mind reapplying any settings or specifications I had previously set. 

 

 

And also would cutting and pasting to another place on the hdd be fine as my hdd is full and cant fit a whole mirror of my games library.

This is perfectly fine, and I have done this on multiple occasions without any major problems. 

 

Something minor that may arise is that Steam recognizes the files and installed games but requires verification of the files and such. Does not take long unless you have quite a few games installed.