How To Download Steam To D Drive

Open steam and locate to settings downloads steam library folders add library folder.

How to download steam to d drive. Before i start logging on to steam and downloading my games i want to make sure they go to the 2tb d drive as the c drive would quickly fill up. Then choose settings from the dropdown menu. In this video tutorial i ll be showing you how to download and install steam. Delete all of the files and folders except the steamapps folder and steam exe. Cut and paste your steam folder to the new location for example.

If steam is pointed to that drive it will treat it as any other you might install games on. On the main install window click next and the game will begin to download. With the steam client open click steam in the utmost left corner. Then choose a different drive and create a new folder. Select the downloads category and click the steam library folders button.

Name it and then click ok and select to continue. Open the choose location for install dropdown and select your external drive. To do this in steam click steam settings. Should i delete the pre install and just download and reinstall on the d drive or is there another way to make sure the huge game files go to the d drive. That will launch a separate window.

In this window on the left hand. Click add library folder select the drive you want to create the library folder on and click new folder. Steam will briefly update and then you will be ready to play. So if there are updates to be downloaded those will be handled and you can move between machines as.