I moved my Steam games to a different hard drive so they don't disappear from my library anymore.
I moved my Steam games to a different hard drive so they don't disappear from my library anymore.
I had a computer problem and needed to move all my Steam games into another folder. After fixing it, I changed where Steam looks for its data files. But instead of opening those games right away, Steam keeps asking me to download them again. What's going on here?
Starspiker: I am saying that the folder where the games are saved, D:\Steam2\steamap\common, holds the library set up correctly. But Steam can't see them unless you typed it wrong; make sure it says "steamapps" instead of "steamap". Try changing that first. There is a really good chance that all you need to do is find the game in your list, click install, and pick the library on your D drive (specifically, choose the Steam2 folder). Then Steam knows the game is already installed there. It will check if the files are there, download what's missing, or update anything needed. At least, this is how I make my stored games show up again in Steam. So...
I have a Steam program on drive C:, that's my main operating system area. My video games live on drive D:. My game library folder is named "Steam2" and it stores all those games. They are sitting inside the folder, but they don't show up for Steam to see.
Starspiker: My steam program is in the A: drive, which is my main hard drive (the computer's operating system lives here). My games are actually in the D:\ drive. My library folders live there too, at D:\Steam2. They're all sitting right there, but Steam doesn't see them. You really shouldn't use a drive letter like A: for your computer's main drive, especially because it's needed to start Windows. 2. Have you told the Steam client about these drives? If you have, how did you tell it?
I had a problem where Windows wouldn't start up. To fix things and save some of my old game files, I moved them all over to another hard drive. Steam didn't let me do this, but I could manage it in the file explorer. I just set the library path to match where the games are stored. That's why Steam can't see those files anymore.
Starspiker: I had a problem where Windows wouldn't start up, so to save some game files, I moved them all to my second hard drive. I couldn't do this through Steam, but I did it in the file explorer. I put the folder with the games as the library setting for Steam, and that's why Steam didn't see them there. How exactly did you tell Steam about the new place? And what specific folders did you copy over?
My steam program is on C: which is my main hard drive, and my games are in D:. My game folders live in D:\Steam2 (that's where the actual games are). They're inside, but Steam doesn't see them right now. I strongly tell you to skip using A as a drive letter just because. Try renaming your folder structure like this and then adding it back to Steam again.
I moved over only the game files without telling you because I thought it wouldn't matter too much if I couldn't say anything about it to you right now.
I only copied the game files, but I didn't tell you because I thought it was best to keep it quiet. Here is what you can do in your current Steam client: Go to Settings. Then find Downloads and click on Library. Click Add library folder. Choose where those games are now saved.