n00b steam help

ash_scotland88 · 23 Aug 2010 at 07:55

How does steam actually work?

Just I thought I would download the game, have like a data file for it, that I could then copy over to an external hard-drive.

Thing is I installed Steam thinking this is how it operates. Installed it to my C drive, bought STALKER, and now I only have 8.99gb free on my C drive, last time I checked I should have 20gb+
So once STALKER finished downloading can I then move the game into my E drive?
Or will I need to reinstall steam on my E?

Shads · 23 Aug 2010 at 08:51

Just move the steam folder over to hd and make shortcut for steam

ash_scotland88 · 23 Aug 2010 at 20:59

thanks,
stalker, shadow of chernobel fully downloaded, do I need to do anything with that?

sorry aint on my computer just now to fully investigate

Antar Bolaeisk · 23 Aug 2010 at 21:07

As mentioned it's possible to just move the entire Steam install over onto a separate hard-drive and run it from there without having to re-install the client.

Alternatively, it is also possible to spread the games out across multiple drives using the mklink command in the command prompt. You would have to download the game first, move it to the alternative location and the create the junction using the mklink command.

ash_scotland88 · 23 Aug 2010 at 22:31

stalker took like 40mins to download, think i may just unstall and put it on the partition I wanted.