Steam trying to dowload things in a full storage device

[Joepcro12]

I've got a C drive and D drive. The C drive is a 100GB SSD which is very full (windows was installed on this when I bought my pc). I've moved everything to my 1TB hard drive and changed every setting I've seen to make new content install in my D drive, yet almost everything, including steam, tries to install in the C drive.

[Supafly]

Steam > Settings > Downloads > Select the Library on other drive and make it default. New downloads will do here. Exception is for games installed on C drive.

As for other programs C: drive is the default drive. Unless they allow you to select another drive there is nothing you can do about it

[Ogami]

The main Steam installation cant be changed but you can create additional libraries in your client settings under DOWNLOAD.
When you have created a second library on the 1 TB HDD then you should have the option to mark it as the default one for downloads and Steam will also ask you when installing a game which library you prefer.

Like this:
https://prnt.sc/qzg1l6

[Supafly]

Originally posted by Ogami:

The main Steam installation cant be changed

Yes it can. I have it installed on my A: drive I also have Steam installed on my G: drive (access from another windows user account) for family. All to keep my stuff separate from theirs

EDIT: It's actually a good idea not to install Steam on the C: drive. Having it on another drive means a person doesn't need to reinstall Steam if they have to wipe and reinstall OS. Plus they can physically put the drive with Steam on in a new computer with installing and transferring files.

[Ogami]

Originally posted by Suicidal Monkey:

Originally posted by Ogami:

The main Steam installation cant be changed

Yes it can. I have it installed on my A: drive I also have Steam installed on my G: drive (access from another windows user account) for family. All to keep my stuff separate from theirs

To be more precise, it cant be changed after being already installed.
I know that you can choose the location at first install but you cant move a existing Steam installation at a later date without uninstalling the client first.
Thats what i meant, should have been more clear.

[Supafly]

Originally posted by Ogami:

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Sorry, my bad, misread your comment.

Edit- Was going to edit my post and remove my screw up but as you quoted it I don't see any point in that.

[Ogami]

You did not screw up, i should have just been clearer what i meant. ^^

[Joepcro12]

I added a second library a while ago http://prntscr.com/qzspya

[Supafly]

Steam should only be downloading to your C: drive if

1. It was default library, from your screenshot I see it isn't.
2. Update required for a game is installed to C:

Side note....You really should have more space free on your C: drive. Having atleast 10% freespace is recommended.

[Washell]

Originally posted by Suicidal Monkey:

Originally posted by Ogami:

The main Steam installation cant be changed

Yes it can. I have it installed on my A: drive I also have Steam installed on my G: drive (access from another windows user account) for family. All to keep my stuff separate from theirs

EDIT: It's actually a good idea not to install Steam on the C: drive. Having it on another drive means a person doesn't need to reinstall Steam if they have to wipe and reinstall OS. Plus they can physically put the drive with Steam on in a new computer with installing and transferring files.

It's also a good idea not to use an A: drive. A and B used to be reserved for floppy drives, and old code has a nasty habit of lingering for years.

@Ogami: it's actually trivially easy to change the main steam installation. Just copy steam.exe to where you want it and run it. It'll install itself right there. Plenty of people discovered that to their horror when copying steam.exe to their desktop rather than making a shortcut.

[Supafly]

Originally posted by Washell:

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It's also a good idea not to use an A: drive. A and B used to be reserved for floppy drives, and old code has a nasty habit of lingering for years.

Yeah I remember. I assigned a drive to A and left it like that for months before I manually put some game on it. I've actually had my Bluray assigned as my B: for years too.

Worst I could imagine is something goes screwy and I just wipe and reassign the drive a new letter. Just looks and feels better when I open my computer to see Drives in alphabetical order instead of missing the first 2 letters.

Thanks for the reminder and tip

[Washell]

Originally posted by Suicidal Monkey:

Worst I could imagine is something goes screwy and I just wipe and reassign the drive a new letter.

Things have a habit of going screwy at the least opportune moment.

[Joepcro12]

Originally posted by Suicidal Monkey:

Steam should only be downloading to your C: drive if

1. It was default library, from your screenshot I see it isn't.
2. Update required for a game is installed to C:

Side note....You really should have more space free on your C: drive. Having atleast 10% freespace is recommended.

The only thing installed on my C drive for Steam is Steamworks Shared