Installation of Steam Games

Monkey00 · 5 Aug 2012 at 17:21

I wasn't sure where to put this, anyways, I put my Steam folder on my HDD as to save space on my SSD for games that required it etc, so CS:S can go on my normal HDD, but BF3 on the SSD if you get me. But it seems that Steam has installed games wherever it likes. I was just wondering if I can change the default installation file? Or can I do it on installation? Thanks guys. And apologies if this is in the wrong place.

.Griff. · 5 Aug 2012 at 17:25

http://www.traynier.com/software/steammover/

That allows you to move specific Steam games (or the whole lot) from one drive to another.

Monkey00 · 5 Aug 2012 at 17:27

Wow, perfect. Thanks a lot. Seems they were already on my HDD, I wonder what's clogging my SSD.

Paul_cz · 5 Aug 2012 at 17:37

I use gamesave manager for this, it has great features and is still supported and updated.

passey89 · 5 Aug 2012 at 17:38

you can move steam games like you would normally moving a folder and then make mklinks to the new location in the steam folder.

.Griff. · 5 Aug 2012 at 17:39

Monkey00 said:
I wonder what's clogging my SSD.

http://www.jam-software.com/treesize_free/

I find that useful to see what's taking up space.

Monkey00 · 5 Aug 2012 at 17:45

Cheers guys. It seems my Pagefile and Hiberfile are taking up 14gb between them, the rest is Windows and WoW.

.Griff. · 5 Aug 2012 at 17:48

I've disabled both the pagefile and hibernation to save space. Hardly anyone put's their gaming rig into hibernation anyway and with 8gig of ram you don't really need a pagefile*

* - Some people will disagree but disabling it has done me no harm.

CaptainRAVE · 5 Aug 2012 at 18:03

Paul_cz said:
I use gamesave manager for this, it has great features and is still supported and updated.

An excellent piece of software with lots of other great functions too

Monkey00 · 5 Aug 2012 at 18:31

This may sound a little stupid, but how do I turn Hibernation off, I tried the cmd thing I found on Google, but it says I don't have admin privileges, even though I do?

.Griff. · 5 Aug 2012 at 18:33

Start > All Programs > Accessories > "right click" on Command Prompt > Run as Administrator

Then perform the command again.

Monkey00 · 5 Aug 2012 at 18:34

Cheers, so much quick knowledge on this place