Transferring steam games

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EthanJayco
Junior Member

04-23-2022, 11:21 PM

I’m planning to rebuild my computer today. The motherboard failed, causing a delay (specs available). I’m curious if I can move my Steam games to the new 640GB drive before installing the new OS. Should I transfer everything there or download them again?

EthanJayco

04-23-2022, 11:21 PM #1

_ThaKing
Member

04-24-2022, 10:06 PM

Transfer all games to the new drive, then open Steam and instruct it to install from that location.

_ThaKing

04-24-2022, 10:06 PM #2

Transfer all games to the new drive, then open Steam and instruct it to install from that location.

ArneTheArne123
Junior Member

04-25-2022, 05:11 AM

Move the steamapps folder to your new Windows installation and it will work perfectly. Open Steam and installing games will automatically detect the folders already present.

ArneTheArne123

04-25-2022, 05:11 AM #3

Move the steamapps folder to your new Windows installation and it will work perfectly. Open Steam and installing games will automatically detect the folders already present.

dMoonyb
Junior Member

04-25-2022, 10:14 AM

Interesting, I hadn't encountered anything like this before. Now it's time to save 500gb of games.

dMoonyb

04-25-2022, 10:14 AM #4

Interesting, I hadn't encountered anything like this before. Now it's time to save 500gb of games.