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EternalPeace Sep 24, 2013 @ 5:08am
External Hard Drive
Is it okay to have an external hard drive to put your games on so you can play them on other computers while keeping your games on your main computer?
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Kano™ Sep 24, 2013 @ 6:05am 
yes
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DeadlyFred Sep 24, 2013 @ 11:08am 
Just make sure you use a fast interface like USB 3.0 or eSATA and you will be fine. If you hook up with something like USB 2.0 you're definitely may hit a bottleneck on loading times and such. I run games off an eSATA drive and notice no difference in performance from running off my 7200rpm internal.
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5.1 Sound Sep 24, 2013 @ 11:34am 
Use Steam BackUp
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DeadlyFred Sep 24, 2013 @ 11:46am 
Why would you use Steam Backup? He's asking about actually playing the games, not archiving them.
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5.1 Sound Sep 24, 2013 @ 11:48am 
to install games on an other computer
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76561198075680797 Sep 24, 2013 @ 2:13pm 
I would install steam to that external harddrive. You're going to want to use USB3.0 or esata so that you don't get a bandwidth bottleneck.

1. Exit steam.
2. Copy the Steam.exe (not the shortcut) from your current Steam install folder to another folder you want it installed to on that drive.
3. run the exe and when it finishes installing log into your account normally.
4. Download the game and see if it works.
Last edited by a21389; Sep 24, 2013 @ 2:19pm
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EternalPeace Sep 24, 2013 @ 5:06pm 
Okay so if I copied my steam folder from Program Files x 86 it would work when i plugged it into another computer? I would need to downlaod some etra files into the computers registry before playing right? I wont get vac banned or anything like that?
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76561198075680797 Sep 24, 2013 @ 5:21pm 
Originally posted by JUSTIN-IKEDA:
Okay so if I copied my steam folder from Program Files x 86 it would work when i plugged it into another computer? I would need to downlaod some etra files into the computers registry before playing right? I wont get vac banned or anything like that?

I would follow my steps so that the folder all has the correct paths for any linked files. You should be fine VAC wise I think as long as you don't run hax. The only thing to worry about is non-cloud saves might go on the boot drive.
Last edited by a21389; Sep 24, 2013 @ 5:29pm
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EternalPeace Sep 24, 2013 @ 7:03pm 
okay sounds cool
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Wrong Way Up Sep 25, 2013 @ 12:36am 
yes it would work perfectly fine as a external hdd is read like a internal 1 and as long as your not trying toget a friends pc to run the game via this way , because it wont work (trust me)
but yes you can use it to take with you and run on othr pcs. ut you will constantly have to change your settings for the game as all pcs are diffrent
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EternalPeace Sep 25, 2013 @ 4:47am 
ah I see! Thank you guys! Happy Gaming! DLC comes tommorow! xD
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