How to Install and Run Steam Games To/from a Different Partition (Win7)
Navigate to your Steam installation directory and cut and paste the "steamapps" subfolder to a subfolder on your other partition., With your new path in place (e.g., Windows 7 (and Vista IIRC) comes with a handy symbolic link and functioning utility...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Navigate to your Steam installation directory and cut and paste the "steamapps" subfolder to a subfolder on your other partition.
(e.g.
X:\SteamInstalls) Make sure Steam is not running before you do this. -
Step 2: With your new path in place (e.g.
X:\SteamInstalls\steamapps), open a new Command Prompt. (Run
-> cmd.exe). , This will allow us to symbolically link our new game installation location with where the Steam client perceives it to be.
Type the following in the prompt and hit Enter: mklink /D "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps" "X:\SteamInstalls\steamapps" -
Step 3: Windows 7 (and Vista IIRC) comes with a handy symbolic link and functioning utility a la Unix.
Detailed Guide
(e.g.
X:\SteamInstalls) Make sure Steam is not running before you do this.
X:\SteamInstalls\steamapps), open a new Command Prompt. (Run
-> cmd.exe). , This will allow us to symbolically link our new game installation location with where the Steam client perceives it to be.
Type the following in the prompt and hit Enter: mklink /D "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps" "X:\SteamInstalls\steamapps"
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