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Can I move Steam to a new hard drive?

I just installed a new hard drive where I plan to keep all my games. The games I didn't get on Steam are simple enough to move but I'm going to have to move Steam to this new hdd for those games, right? How should I do it? I searched my C drive for Steam and it came up with all kinds of stuff. Should I just drag and drop? I'm nervous that there may be something important that may have the word "steam" in it. I could uninstall Steam and install it in the new hdd, but I think I may lose all my games if I do it. I'm fine with downloading and playing them again, but I'd rather avoid it if I can.

What do you guys recommend?

Update:

I already have the hdd installed. I just want to know if searching my C drive for Steam is the right way to go about it. I don't want it to find something unrelated to Steam and move it to the new hdd with it.

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  • Srki
    Lv 5
    8 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    Steam no, but you can backup games and later restore it to new computer. Go steam-> backup & restore

  • 8 years ago

    Find yourself an external hard drive (USB) and drag and drop all of your Steam files onto it and that will fix your problem. You will keep all of the games you have, and when you install your new HDD, put in the USB and drag and drop all of your Steam files onto your desktop. Happy Holidays :)

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