Transferring Game files from Old computer Hard drive to new computer SSD

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I am transferring my Steam games From my old computers hard drive to my new SSD, how do I make steam find the games? Also where do i put my user files? For example my "The Division" user files?(key binds and what not)
I have really slow internet so that is why I didn't just download them all again.
I plan to put the hard drive back in the old computer.

Thanks!
 
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the_crippler
Not sure about the Division files for sure, besides to say, "Put them in the same place on the new drive."

But, for the Steam files, go into the Steam directory and navigate to the "Common" folder under "steamapps." Move the contents of this into the same folder of your Steam installation on the new computer. After the next restart, Steam should find everything automatically.

If it doesn't, "install" the game to the same location, and it should find the existing files then. With new hardware, there is always the chance that it will need to download updates, but it wouldn't be the whole game.
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Not sure about the Division files for sure, besides to say, "Put them in the same place on the new drive."

But, for the Steam files, go into the Steam directory and navigate to the "Common" folder under "steamapps." Move the contents of this into the same folder of your Steam installation on the new computer. After the next restart, Steam should find everything automatically.

If it doesn't, "install" the game to the same location, and it should find the existing files then. With new hardware, there is always the chance that it will need to download updates, but it wouldn't be the whole game.
 
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