Possible to have some Steam games on a different drive?

metalmackey · 17 Dec 2010 at 22:51

Hi all

Curently I have Steam and my steam games on my D: drive. I was wondering if there was a way of putting some like Just Cause 2 on my SSD.

Ta

Confused · 17 Dec 2010 at 23:07

Yes.

You can use symbolic links to point a "folder" in your Steam directory to a folder elsewhere on your drive.

See here

FlukeRogi · 17 Dec 2010 at 23:08

Yep you can. Try having a search on here for threads containing "mklink".

- D'oh, more helpful post beats me to it

metalmackey · 17 Dec 2010 at 23:20

Ah thanks guys

NutterzUK · 18 Dec 2010 at 01:24

Brilliant thread, I can now install Steam!!
I got really fed up with the whole SSD and Steam issue, just couldn't install anything because boom... no space.

Thanks!!

Crixus00 · 18 Dec 2010 at 10:55

Yep, MK link works wonderfully for me and has done for ages.

The only game that has given me trouble is Arma2, so that is currently sitting on my SSD.

Memphis · 18 Dec 2010 at 11:27

NutterzUK said:
Brilliant thread, I can now install Steam!!
I got really fed up with the whole SSD and Steam issue, just couldn't install anything because boom... no space.

Thanks!!

You are aware Steam can be installed to any drive, right? :confused:

Aod · 18 Dec 2010 at 15:03

Memphis said:
You are aware Steam can be installed to any drive, right?

exactly, i've been using the same Steam install on my computers data drive for more than five years now.

been on three drives in that time (160GB, 400GB, 500GB today)

Evilsod · 18 Dec 2010 at 17:29

Game Save Manager worked perfectly as far as i can tell. We tested it out with L4D2 and it took its time but transferred the whole game to the SSD and ran straight from Steam as normal.

Course we'll have to move it back because it aint worth it for L4D2 but shouldn't be long till BC2 gets put on it.