Moving Steam Games

[Mccapital]

I just moved and there is no WiFi, for the next month or two i will be living off a mobile hotpot. So i need help moving my steam games from my old PC to my new PC because i cant download anything without waiting 3 years. I have tried putting my old hard drive in my new PC, i copied my game files and moved them in there correct location, took the drive out and nothing worked. I am not keeping my old HDD because its way too loud (that's why i bought a new PC) so i will not leave my drive in there. Any help will be appreciated.

[m0k]

you have to tell steam where your new game libraries are located  once you choose the right location it will tell you to "install" and it will rediscover the old game files.

[Guest]

So have you added Steam library? In settings you can choose the library of your game.

 

go to Steam > Downloads > Steam Library Folders and choose your HDD with games you copied.

[Mccapital]

4 minutes ago, dexxterlab97 said:

So have you added Steam library? In settings you can choose the library of your game.

 

go to Steam > Downloads > Steam Library Folders and choose your HDD with games you copied.

 

 

4 minutes ago, mok said:

you have to tell steam where your new game libraries are located  once you choose the right location it will tell you to "install" and it will rediscover the old game files.

Sorry i'm a noob, Is there like a setting that moves the games to my new HDD, im not planning on keeping the old drive. thanks for the help

 

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, Mccapital said:

 

 

Sorry i'm a noob, Is there like a setting that moves the games to my new HDD, thanks for the help

You move it. Once you done do what I said

[Mccapital]

Just now, dexxterlab97 said:

You move it. Once you done do what I said

Then i can take the drive out and not install anything else?

 

[Guest]

Just now, Mccapital said:

Then i can take the drive out and not install anything else?

 

Have you read this

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=7418-YUBN-8129

[bgibbz]

What I would is copy the folder called steam apps onto your old hard drive into the new one. Then, click install games from withen steam and it will rediscover existing files. 

[Mccapital]

1 minute ago, dexxterlab97 said:

Have you read this

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=7418-YUBN-8129

No i have not, i will look into this. Thanks again

[Mccapital]

1 minute ago, bgibbz said:

What I would is copy the folder called steam apps onto your old hard drive into the new one. Then, click install games from withen steam and it will rediscover existing files. 

I have tried that before, sadly it did not work

 

[Mira Yurizaki]

Once you create a new game library, it should have a "SteamLibrary" folder and a dll file. You can move all of your games from the default library location (C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamLibrary) into the "SteamLibrary" folder of the new game library while Steam is not running. When you launch Steam, it was as if nothing happened.

[onlybuilt4cubanxlinx]

8 minutes ago, Mccapital said:

I have tried that before, sadly it did not work

 

I had the same issue with GTA 5. There is a way to retrieve the game files but its not copy and paste. I think it has to do with the backup game files route.