hard drive moving

Soulja · 07-03-2007, 02:47 AM

I have 2 hard drives, both with 37G on each (yea i know thats tiny) and i was installing a game, but needed it to be on steam which is on the almost full one, the other, is bout 1/4 full, can i just take the folder from steam and move it over to my emptier hard drive or do i gotta uninstall it from hardrive C and reinstall it on hardrive F?

**Trooper** · 07-03-2007, 02:59 AM

You could probably move it and be just fine, but it doesnt take long to uninstall steam and change drives. Safe bet would do just reinstall it.

MagnaCentipede · 07-03-2007, 06:41 AM

Back up your GCF files in a couple places and round up your mod installers; then wax Steam and re-install where you want it. The GCFs hold your actual game stuff (not including custom content, like mods), so after Steam is installed and working, you can close it, pop in the GCFs, and not need to download the games again. It'll just verify the GCF files and DL Steam patches that way.

=Sarc= · 07-03-2007, 10:31 AM

You can just move it. The registry entries aren't entirely important. I'm running steam now after wiping my OS partition. It can run and find where the GCF files are without a problem.

**ednos** · 07-03-2007, 10:31 PM

If you really want to screw up your system, swap the letters of the drives. Steam will be happy, but Windows won't.

Acreo Aeneas · 07-03-2007, 11:14 PM

Or just listen to Sarc.

**ednos** · 07-04-2007, 11:10 AM

Well, if you're lazy, you can listen to the voice of reason, sure.

07-03-2007, 02:47 AM	#1 (permalink)
Soulja Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Indiana, USA Age: 17 Posts: 620	hard drive moving I have 2 hard drives, both with 37G on each (yea i know thats tiny) and i was installing a game, but needed it to be on steam which is on the almost full one, the other, is bout 1/4 full, can i just take the folder from steam and move it over to my emptier hard drive or do i gotta uninstall it from hardrive C and reinstall it on hardrive F? __________________ "...and they call me ready to deploy, engage and destroy, wherever you need me to be. I'm an American Warrior!" My Myspace: myspace.com/_shatteredsoul_ <== Add me!

07-03-2007, 02:59 AM	#2 (permalink)
Trooper Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In my wifes house......if she says i can Age: 25 Posts: 8,890	Re: hard drive moving You could probably move it and be just fine, but it doesnt take long to uninstall steam and change drives. Safe bet would do just reinstall it. __________________ that sounds like a good idea trooper. -Vulcan

07-03-2007, 06:41 AM	#3 (permalink)
MagnaCentipede Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 1,957	Re: hard drive moving Back up your GCF files in a couple places and round up your mod installers; then wax Steam and re-install where you want it. The GCFs hold your actual game stuff (not including custom content, like mods), so after Steam is installed and working, you can close it, pop in the GCFs, and not need to download the games again. It'll just verify the GCF files and DL Steam patches that way. __________________

07-03-2007, 10:31 AM	#4 (permalink)
=Sarc= Join Date: May 2003 Location: Ottawa, Canada Posts: 4,633	Re: hard drive moving You can just move it. The registry entries aren't entirely important. I'm running steam now after wiping my OS partition. It can run and find where the GCF files are without a problem. __________________ JO Guides & Tutorials Team Element - It's who you game with.

07-03-2007, 10:31 PM	#5 (permalink)
ednos Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 3,857	Re: hard drive moving If you really want to screw up your system, swap the letters of the drives. Steam will be happy, but Windows won't. __________________ The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. ~ Bertrand Russell I have a tendency to key out three or four things and then let them battle for supremacy while I key, so there's a lot of backspacing as potential statements are slaughtered and eaten by the victors. ~ Magna Centipede

07-03-2007, 11:14 PM	#6 (permalink)
Acreo Aeneas Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: DePaul University (Chicago) Age: 22 Posts: 4,683	Re: hard drive moving Or just listen to Sarc. __________________ Current Obsessions: Netbooks and other low-cost, small, and portable PCs. RSS Feeds: Bamboo

07-04-2007, 11:10 AM	#7 (permalink)
ednos Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 3,857	Re: hard drive moving Well, if you're lazy, you can listen to the voice of reason, sure. __________________ The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. ~ Bertrand Russell I have a tendency to key out three or four things and then let them battle for supremacy while I key, so there's a lot of backspacing as potential statements are slaughtered and eaten by the victors. ~ Magna Centipede

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