steam problems
steam problems
I recently installed my SSD and placed the games there, hoping everything would function properly. However, when I tried to boot the game, it asked me to reinstall it again. Even though I had already added the Steam apps folder to the SSD and uploaded the games myself, it still reported needing a full reinstall from Steam. Do I really need to start over with the games?
I did that with my ssd a few months ago.
Initially, I allowed Steam to create a folder on my ssd. I was lazy and just let it install a very small game. Later, I copied the desired game from the hdd to the Steam folder (steamapps). After that, I removed the game in Steam and reinstalled it on the ssd. Since the data is already there, Steam quickly checks it and doesn't download anything. And that's it.
Edit: Steam will also create a Steam folder on the new drive, which includes more than just the steamapps folder. Simply copying the steamapps folder won't work.