transfer stuff from ssd to hdd
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Darkbreeze
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You can't "install" any game or application to any drive other than the C:/ drive which the OS is installed on. You can download and store installer files on any drive you want, simply drag them to that drive in windows explorer or another file management utility, or copy and paste them there, but you can't move the installed files themselves that are required to be present in order for the game, or any application, to run.
The exception would be portable versions of applications that do not need to be "installed", and simply run from the executable on a per use basis. This will not be the case with steam games. If there is a folder or file archive that you downloaded and clicked on in order to setup the installation, that can be moved. The folder or folders that contain the actual installed files, cannot.
The exception would be portable versions of applications that do not need to be "installed", and simply run from the executable on a per use basis. This will not be the case with steam games. If there is a folder or file archive that you downloaded and clicked on in order to setup the installation, that can be moved. The folder or folders that contain the actual installed files, cannot.
Darkbreeze
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You may be confusing "downloading" and "installing". This is a common confusion.
With the Steam title, there is very possibly no remaining files stored from the installer. Often, it downloads the installer files to a temporary location, installs the necessary files into the operating system and then deletes the temporary files from your computer. This is to eliminate the possibility of sharing the program with other users who are not verified or licensed to have the game. If that's the case, which is likely, there is nothing to move to storage locations. If that's not the case, you will likely find it in your default download location, or, in the C:/Windows/Temp folder location.
With the Steam title, there is very possibly no remaining files stored from the installer. Often, it downloads the installer files to a temporary location, installs the necessary files into the operating system and then deletes the temporary files from your computer. This is to eliminate the possibility of sharing the program with other users who are not verified or licensed to have the game. If that's the case, which is likely, there is nothing to move to storage locations. If that's not the case, you will likely find it in your default download location, or, in the C:/Windows/Temp folder location.
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This is not true. You can absolutely have the OS on one drive and games/applications on another. Games downloaded from steam will default to the HDD and file location where Steam is. If you want it to be in a different file location, change it before you download.
Going back to your original question of moving from the SSD to HDD, in general no because just moving the game would not update the registry and most games need that information to tell the game where it installed among other things. So most games would either not run or would crash. Best way would be to remove the game and re-download it to the file location you want it to be in.
ok hear me out. i found where the game downloaded it. but i also have to say that steam did not give the option to choose the drive fo the download. so my questions are:
1) steam is installed in c:/=ssd. in order to downloade/save/install games on the hdd do i have to move steam to the hdd?
2) if i have to move steam or any other programm to hdd, can i do it? and if yes, how?
1) steam is installed in c:/=ssd. in order to downloade/save/install games on the hdd do i have to move steam to the hdd?
2) if i have to move steam or any other programm to hdd, can i do it? and if yes, how?
Darkbreeze
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Installing game or application files on drives other than the SSD makes little sense. The whole point of having an SSD is to incorporate faster access to those files. And, in many cases, you will have nothing but problems with applications or games installed to other locations if supporting files cannot be found by dependent executables from your installed package. Yes, Steam supports doing this and in most cases there are no issues, but it's counter productive unless you ARE currently low on disk space.
That being said, I realize many people install games and applications on secondary drives without issue however a variety of problems can occur such as alteration of installed files since they will likely be unprotected. The biggest issue is that access of the game files is going to be much slower on a SATA HDD than on an SSD.
That being said, I realize many people install games and applications on secondary drives without issue however a variety of problems can occur such as alteration of installed files since they will likely be unprotected. The biggest issue is that access of the game files is going to be much slower on a SATA HDD than on an SSD.
Spath87
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Darkbreeze, I complete understand where you are coming from and with a large enough SSD you can do that but the only real speed boost you will have from running applications on a SSD are the load times. There is a negligible difference in performance once the game/application loads from a HDD.
With the setup you have, I would have just the OS on the SSD and put everything else on the HDD by changing the default download location in Steam. With the games you already have, i believe the best way would be to un-install them and re-download them to the HDD. Back up you game save files before you do this
With the setup you have, I would have just the OS on the SSD and put everything else on the HDD by changing the default download location in Steam. With the games you already have, i believe the best way would be to un-install them and re-download them to the HDD. Back up you game save files before you do this
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Found this when looking into your issue, straight from Steam. Turns out the process is a lot easier than I thought.
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=7418-YUBN-8129
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=7418-YUBN-8129
i have to thank both of you for your time and your help!
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