I am currently downloading my Steam Library to a 4TB Portable Harddrive which when i want to play a game, i copy off from onto my gaming PC, whichever it may be (in the event i do a new build).
At the moment while i am not close to filling up the harddrive i want to be prepared for if it happens. so what i would like to do is to be able to download games into a second, third, forth harddrive if need be, but in a way that doesn't require me in having all the harddrives plugged up at the same time when i access Steam so that Steam will show that they are all installed. ie
- Laptop has Steam Installed on C:
- Harddrive A has 300 games downloaded onto it and becomes full
- Steam downloads onto Harddrive B until it is full
- Steam still indicates that games on Harddrive A are installed even when it's unplugged
- when Harddrive A is not plugged in none of Harddrive A's games are redownloaded onto another harddrive
- updates for Harddrive A's games don't get downloaded unless Harddrive A is plugged in
- repeat process of each other harddrive (if Harddrive B is unplugged and i have A plugged in or i get a third Harddrive C)
How can i go about doing this?
Best Answer
Steam offers configuration for multiple locations of your game library across an arbitrary amount of drives. To set additional folders, navigate to Settings > Downloads and select "Steam Library Folders". You can manage all of your game folders in here.
After that you can easily move your installed games from one location to another by right-clicking the game in your Library overview, navigating to Properties > Local Files and then selecting "Move Install Folder...".
When downloading a new game (or reinstalling one), you can choose the install location from your configured library locations in the download interface beneath the "Choose location for install..." message.