Steam Games Saved to D Drive, but Saved Game Info is Saving to Documents Folder on C Drive.

jecann · Jan 13, 2017

I just installed a SSD and moved my old HDD to the D drive. I directed Steam to install all game downloads to the D drive now. However, i noticed the Saved Game info folder is being saved by default to my Documents folder on my C drive.

At first the file was saving only to Documents on OneDrive until I went to the OneDrive settings and changed it to save documents to computer only.

So my question is, should I redirect the Save Games folders for my games to my D drive somehow? They aren't very big files, so I'm not worried about space, like I would be if I downloaded the entire game to the C drive.

Thanks!

USAFRet · Jan 13, 2017

jecann :

The Save file is small. No issue with having it on the SSD.
And if your concern is about write cycles to the SSD, put that out of your mind. Zero impact on the drive lifespan.

greens · Jan 13, 2017

Eh, i'd just leave it honestly.

You can change the default file locations, and i believe it has improved in windows 10.

But the files are so small, and it would have to redirect like all of your my documents and stuff, probably not worth it.

James Mason · Jan 13, 2017

You can move the Documents folder/library by right clicking on it in the bar on the left and choosing properties and then the location tab and the move button.

Colif · Jan 13, 2017

helps to make the destination folder first or windows might decide to use entire drive

USAFRet · Jan 13, 2017

If you do wish to redirect your Documents folder to elsewhere, this:
Win 7 & 8: http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-1834397/ssd-redirecting-static-files.html
Win 8.1 & 10: http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-2024314/windows-redirecting-folders-drives.html

But for this? No real need.

James Mason · Jan 13, 2017

Eh, my documents folder is at 8.3gbs, and it's.... mostly game saves... and maybe some programing stuff.

it's pretty easy to do as well.

jecann · Jan 13, 2017

Sounds like the file size just isn't worth worrying about.

But for games that don't sync to steam cloud, I'll have to remember to transfer that games folder on the c drive if I ever move to a new PC

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