Organize your drives by categorizing them based on games and Steam usage.
Organize your drives by categorizing them based on games and Steam usage.
Before setting up, Steam prompts you to specify the download location. It doesn’t care about the drive’s position relative to your Steam installation. I follow the same rule with my SSD or HDD.
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I set up a complex configuration on my system. My setup includes a 128GB SSD for the operating system, a 240GB SSD for Steam, Origin, and major titles, plus a 2TB RAID 0 for other games and large files. Steam resides on a separate drive from the OS, which simplifies reinstalling the operating system. I don’t need to back up my games; just repoint Steam onto its files and it syncs automatically if I want to reinstall Steam without affecting the OS drive. Before installing Windows 10, I moved Steam to my main games SSD. After a clean Windows 10 install, I transferred Steam to my primary games SSD. This approach helps with easy OS reinstallation. Ideally, you could store Steam on three different HDDs for games, but technically it’s manageable. It makes the process smoother and avoids touching your game and music files during reinstall.
I have several Msata drives for laptops, they were refurbished 128gb drives. You can use disk management in Windows to wipe your m.2 SATA drive. There is also a secure erase tool that you can google that will erase the M.2 drive. I use a USB cradle with an adapter for the Msata drives to wipe the drives. You can install your M.2 drive and use disk management to wipe it. Good Luck!
Consider launching your Steam client and navigating to the top left corner for "Steam". Select "Settings" from there. In the updated window, choose "Downloads" and then "Steam Library Folders". You can place a Steam library directory on your SSD so downloads prompt you whether to store them there or on your HDD. If you already have two locations, it should work; if only one exists, adding it to the SSD is recommended. My setup appears similar, though I believe this applies mainly when multiple libraries are configured.