Downloaded games running off of the wrong hard drive

[Wes]

I got a new hard drive awhile ago because of performance issues off of my main C: drive. So, I reinstalled steam, and all my games, off of my D: drive (the new drive) hoping that they would run better on that drive. However, I'm not very good with techy stuff and my games still run off of my C: drive. My disc usage on there is ridiculous and I need to figure out a way to run these games off of the new drive. Any ideas?

[Phoenix]

Right-click on any installed game name and select Properties. In Local Files tab, there's an option called Move Install Folder. That would allow you to create another Steam folder on another drive and move game files to it. Also, the newly created folder will be available to choose during installation of new games, so you can choose which drive to put them on.

UPDATE: Maybe you have to create such folder first. You can do it in client. Menu->Steam->Settings->Downloads->Steam Library Folders.

[Wes]

Originally posted by Phoenix:

Right-click on any installed game name and select Properties. In Local Files tab, there's an option called Move Install Folder. That would allow you to create another Steam folder on another drive and move game files to it. Also, the newly created folder will be available to choose during installation of new games, so you can choose which drive to put them on.

UPDATE: Maybe you have to create such folder first. You can do it in client. Menu->Steam->Settings->Downloads->Steam Library Folders.

I already have my games downloaded on the new drive though. For example; When I go into my local files for ArmA 3, it shows that they are located under the D: drive in my steam folder, so I can't move them over. Yet, when I still boot up the game, it's running off my C: drive and usage is being pulled from there and not the D: drive.

[Phoenix]

Your C:\ drive is still in use by Windows and other applications. If you made a clean install of Steam to D:\, it's safe to say that your C disk usage is NOT coming from Steam games, but from something else. Just for example, if your PC is out of RAM memory, the swap file is created on C:\ by default, and can create a heavy drive load.
But it's hard to tell what can cause this, so it's better to check with somebody who can look into your computer personally.