How To Download Steam Games To Hdd Instead Of Ssd

Steam will move the game s files to the other library location.

How to download steam games to hdd instead of ssd. 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. While games do benefit from being installed on an ssd it is only in the form of quicker initial or in between load time. If steam is pointed to that drive it will treat it as any other. 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.

The problem is that i don t want everything on my ssd so i want to install steam onto my hdd to save space however when i go to install it it comes up with a box saying where i want to install it to and i select the storage drive but it comes up with this. Select the steam library you want to move the game to and click the move folder button. I want it to save on my hdd instead because i only have 128 gb on the ssd card. 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 that folder is made exit out of steam client. Choose the directory move folder. Steam settings downloads steam library folders from there you can specify where you would like games to be downloaded and also sync games that may be on the drive to begin with. I copied about 200gb of games in just under 20 minutes to an external ssd over usb 3 2. Don t need to reinstall game.

Once it s on there though you re all set. For them the middle solution is to have an ssd for the os and an hdd for the rest of the stuff. I already changed the settings on windows 10 and switched it to the d storage but yeah. I want to move a game back off my ssd. Make new folder on the drive u intend to use or that has the games.