Steam – install a Steam game on two drives

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Can I install a Steam game on two hard drives? I already have a game installed on my solid state from a transfer, but that folder is full of mods and ENB files, and it's quite messy. I want to install the game on a separate drive to try and clean things up without compromising my current setup.

Is it possible to install a Steam game on a second hard drive if it already exists on one?

Best Answer

Yes it's possible, but moving an already-installed game from it's installed folder may be tricky. Unless its insanely huge, I'd recommend backing up any save games or user content to another location, deleting the local content via Steam, and reinstalling it under the new drive location, then moving all of your savegames back into place.

There are Steam forum posts and links about this, some of which can be found here:

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2965732

and here:

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

For me personally, I'd do what I mentioned above, because I've run into issues. It may have been my mistake, or an issue with a particular game, so I choose to do it "the safe way" from now on. YMMV.