Steam folder in two seperate HDD?

[psychas]

I want to install few multiplayer games on SSd and all other games on Hdd , I think there was thread about it , but cant find it now. Is it simply create two steam folders on two hdds?


Ta

 

[Frapple]

Here's how I did it for Metro 2033/Crysis/etc.

In this example we'll use Torchlight, I'll assume you haven't got Steam installed & are running Windows 7.

Install steam to biggest drive (F:\Program Files\Steam)
Download Torchlight
Create the '\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common' folders on your SSD.
Move the Torhclight folder to the new common folder on C:\

Now to create the link

Open up cmd
Use cd & dir /x to change directory to F:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common
Now type:

mklink /D torchlight "C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common"

This will create a link object in F:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common (looks like a folder shortcut icon) called 'torchlight'. This will cause Steam/Anti-virus/the pope to get 'redirected' to the torchlight folder on the SSD.

Any trouble, grab me on Steam.

Anyone else, feel free to re-post this anywhere.

 

[Confused]

GameSave Manager, as well as other applications, will handle it all.

All it's really doing is the process above, but with a nice GUI.

There's some threads not even a couple of pages back in this section about it all.

 

[Supernaut91]

Im sure Valve now are no doubt aware that many people are using Solid State Drives. We will most likely see an update to the client in the near future allowing games to be installed on seperate drives/partitions.

 

[orderoftheflame]

GameSave Manager, as well as other applications, will handle it all.

All it's really doing is the process above, but with a nice GUI.

There's some threads not even a couple of pages back in this section about it all.

+1 for GSM. Great app.

The manual way is easy, but a featus could do it using GSM.

 

[psychas]

Here's how I did it for Metro 2033/Crysis/etc.

In this example we'll use Torchlight, I'll assume you haven't got Steam installed & are running Windows 7.

Install steam to biggest drive (F:\Program Files\Steam)
Download Torchlight
Create the '\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common' folders on your SSD.
Move the Torhclight folder to the new common folder on C:\

Now to create the link

Open up cmd
Use cd & dir /x to change directory to F:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common
Now type:

mklink /D torchlight "C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common"

This will create a link object in F:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common (looks like a folder shortcut icon) called 'torchlight'. This will cause Steam/Anti-virus/the pope to get 'redirected' to the torchlight folder on the SSD.

Any trouble, grab me on Steam.

Anyone else, feel free to re-post this anywhere.

if my tf2 is in "C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\username" ?

same principle applys ?

edit: syntax of command is incorrect , i added you on steam if your name is past.fog?

 

[uv]

Another decent app for this is SteamMover. Works a treat.