I have to reinstall all my games?!?!?!

[Sharkquisha]

Just recently i bought and upgraded my gaming rig with two 240 gb Kingston ssds, and i used Raid to make them into 1 drive. I then put games onto the ssd drive, but when i went back to play the games, it said (missing executable). I then found a way around this by going into settings and verifying game cache, then it started reinstalling the missing files. I thought it was because of the ssds and i had to reinstall the games i put on it which made sense, but then when i wanted to play a game that i didn't put on the ssd, it said the same thing (missing executable). Then i realized that my WHOLE LIBRARY OF GAMES said the same thing!!! even the ones i didn't put on the ssd. However there were a few exceptions, those games i could still play without reinstalling for some reason. Any idea what went wrong? Should I have to reinstall the things i put onto the ssd drive? why do i need to reinstall my whole library of games? PLEASE HELP!!!

[The Giving One]

引用自 Reginald the Festive Goat：

ok i am just saved, i found a RIDICULOUSLY USEFUL program that lets me move any of my games to the new drive, its called steam mover. Its kinda scary how useful this program is to my situation. I have one last question though, how would i move what i already have on my ssd safely to the original location in order to start fresh and move everything easy this time?

I would be careful using "tools" like that. That can be dangerous, depending on where you downloaded that from and what it is actually doing.

You don't need that to move things around anyway.

All you have to do is save all your steamapps folders, either from library folders that you previously had added or from the old Steam installation.

Then, after you are sure you have all steamapps saved in a safe place on your computer, you just uninstall Steam.

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=9609-OBMP-2526

Then, after installing Steam in the new location, you just move back the steamapps to its normal place in the new Steam folder. That is all there is to this.

Not sure how you can install and configure a proper RAID setup but the simple moving of files and folders around seems to be difficult.

Sorry if that sounds rude to you as I don't mean to, but this was made impossibly much more difficult that it needed to be in the first place.

[Sharkquisha]

♥♥♥♥, it didnt work.

[Sharkquisha]

i didnt uninstall steam...

[The Giving One]

引用自 Reginald the Festive Goat：

♥♥♥♥, it didnt work.

Kinda hard to tell "what" didn't work from just a reply of "didn't work".

Did you uninstall Steam from the old location after saving the steamapps folder first ?

引用自 Reginald the Festive Goat：

i didnt uninstall steam...

You are multiposting again. Please.......please stop doing that here.

[Sharkquisha]

引用自 The Giving One：

引用自 Reginald the Festive Goat：

♥♥♥♥, it didnt work.

Kinda hard to tell "what" didn't work from just a reply of "didn't work".

Did you uninstall Steam from the old location after saving the steamapps folder first ?

引用自 Reginald the Festive Goat：

i didnt uninstall steam...

You are multiposting again. Please.......please stop doing that here.

the program didnt work, and i didnt uninstall steam and i dont even know anymore if i am putting the files in the right place. Nothing is working!!!!!!

[The Giving One]

引用自 Reginald the Festive Goat：

the program didnt work, and i didnt uninstall steam and i dont even know anymore if i am putting the files in the right place.

Ok, my friend.

Stop using that "program" that you downloaded. Do you not understand that using questionable software/downloads like that can possibly be a good way to get a computer infection such as malware ?

I suggest you get rid of that "program" as in fully uninstall it and then reboot, and hopefully you have not compounded the problem even more by using it.

Get all your steamapps folders together and keep them in a safe place. Then, fully uninstall Steam from your computer. Shown here...

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=9609-OBMP-2526

Restart your computer again, and install a brand new copy of the Steam client.

http://store.steampowered.com/about/

I suggest doing so out of any program files folders. EXAMPLE C:\Steam and NOT C:\programfiles(x64)\Steam

Launch Steam and let it fully update. Log into your account and make sure all is well.

Now, fully exit Steam after logging out, and go and move the steamapps folder that you saved into the new Steam installation that you just performed. If the files are too large, then you have to deal with that on your own. You should be able to remove the folders for games you don't want as well as the resepctive .acf files, just as was explained before.

That is really all there is to this.

[Sharkquisha]

引用自 The Giving One：

引用自 Reginald the Festive Goat：

the program didnt work, and i didnt uninstall steam and i dont even know anymore if i am putting the files in the right place.

Ok, my friend.

Stop using that "program" that you downloaded. Do you not understand that using questionable software/downloads like that can possibly be a good way to get a computer infection such as malware ?

I suggest you get rid of that "program" as in fully uninstall it and then reboot, and hopefully you have not compounded the problem even more by using it.

Get all your steamapps folders together and keep them in a safe place. Then, fully uninstall Steam from your computer. Shown here...

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=9609-OBMP-2526

Restart your computer again, and install a brand new copy of the Steam client.

http://store.steampowered.com/about/

I suggest doing so out of any program files folders. EXAMPLE C:\Steam and NOT C:\programfiles(x64)\Steam

Launch Steam and let it fully update. Log into your account and make sure all is well.

Now, fully exit Steam after logging out, and go and move the steamapps folder that you saved into the new Steam installation that you just performed. If the files are too large, then you have to deal with that on your own. You should be able to remove the folders for games you don't want as well as the resepctive .acf files, just as was explained before.

That is really all there is to this.

at this point i might as well reinstall all my games, btw do you know how to put windows onto the other drive? and will i have to reinstall everything if doing so? like all my steam games even the ones i just reinstalled?

[The Giving One]

引用自 Reginald the Festive Goat：

at this point i might as well reinstall all my games, btw do you know how to put windows onto the other drive? and will i have to reinstall everything if doing so? like all my steam games even the ones i just reinstalled?

I thought the good erAm already answered that for you, about installing the OS on the other drive ?

Not sure how much more simply I can explain it, my friend. All you have to do is save steamapps, uninstall Steam, reinstall Steam and move back steamapps once done.

It is really that simple. I am sorry if I have not explained it well for some reason, but I cannot do it any differently than it was already done.

[Sharkquisha]

引用自 The Giving One：

引用自 Reginald the Festive Goat：

at this point i might as well reinstall all my games, btw do you know how to put windows onto the other drive? and will i have to reinstall everything if doing so? like all my steam games even the ones i just reinstalled?

I thought the good erAm already answered that for you, about installing the OS on the other drive ?

Not sure how much more simply I can explain it, my friend. All you have to do is save steamapps, uninstall Steam, reinstall Steam and move back steamapps once done.

It is really that simple. I am sorry if I have not explained it well for some reason, but I cannot do it any differently than it was already done.

how would uninstalling steam help that? Wouldn't i just have to reinstall everything again, including the games already installed? and how do i know i have everything in the right place, and i cant even find the so called acf files. I also don't know if this is actually going to work and i dont really understand it and the other issues you stated like capacity and stuff, if i am going to do this can you give me the whole list in order step by step tutortal on what to do and how to do it and where to find this and that, otherwise i am just going to probably take a week or a few days for everything to install again and then move onto the issue with windows and moving it to my new drive, which is fine i guess, just a lot more slower.

[The Giving One]

引用自 Reginald the Festive Goat：

how would uninstalling steam help that? Wouldn't i just have to reinstall everything again, including the games already installed? and how do i know i have everything in the right place, and i cant even find the so called acf files.

You have to uninstall Steam from the old location before reinstalling Steam in the new location. You cannot have two different installations of Steam installed at the same time in different places. That is what the add a library folder option is for.

The .acf files are in steamapps. This is why I kept stressing to you in the thread here to make a backup of everything before you did anything.

If you need help with the OS installation, I would suggest a thread in this forum...

http://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/11/

as then, you have to reinstall all device drivers as well.

[Sharkquisha]

引用自 The Giving One：

引用自 Reginald the Festive Goat：

how would uninstalling steam help that? Wouldn't i just have to reinstall everything again, including the games already installed? and how do i know i have everything in the right place, and i cant even find the so called acf files.

You have to uninstall Steam from the old location before reinstalling Steam in the new location. You cannot have two different installations of Steam installed at the same time in different places. That is what the add a library folder option is for.

The .acf files are in steamapps. This is why I kept stressing to you in the thread here to make a backup of everything before you did anything.

If you need help with the OS installation, I would suggest a thread in this forum...

http://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/11/

as then, you have to reinstall all device drivers as well.

and the old location is steam on my hardrive, and i would uninstall all my games with it right? and i get rid of the acf before i do that?

[The Giving One]

引用自 Reginald the Festive Goat：

and the old location is steam on my hardrive, and i would uninstall all my games with it right? and i get rid of the acf before i do that?

Not if you save your steamapps folder from that old location first, you don't. We have been over that intensively here. SAVE your steamapps folder before uninstalling Steam, and it is explained in the same exact way in the link you were already provided.

You don't "get rid of" any .acf files. You SAVE your steamapps folder(s), because the .acf files are INSIDE those steamapps folders. Therefore, you also save the .acf files by doing so.

[Sharkquisha]

引用自 The Giving One：

引用自 Reginald the Festive Goat：

and the old location is steam on my hardrive, and i would uninstall all my games with it right? and i get rid of the acf before i do that?

Not if you save your steamapps folder from that old location first, you don't. We have been over that intensively here. SAVE your steamapps folder before uninstalling Steam, and it is explained in the same exact way in the link you were already provided.

You don't "get rid of" any .acf files. You SAVE your steamapps folder(s), because the .acf files are INSIDE those steamapps folders. Therefore, you also save the .acf files by doing so.

save it to what?

[The Giving One]

引用自 Reginald the Festive Goat：

save it to what?

You know, not to seem rude, but there are those that would now think you are trolling here.

I have repeatedly said you need to save your steamapps folders to a SAFE place. You can save them wherever you want.

READ this, please. Do NOT post again until you read it.

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=9609-OBMP-2526

[Sharkquisha]

引用自 The Giving One：

引用自 Reginald the Festive Goat：

save it to what?

You know, not to seem rude, but there are those that would now think you are trolling here.

I have repeatedly said you need to save your steamapps folders to a SAFE place. You can save them wherever you want.

READ this, please. Do NOT post again until you read it.

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=9609-OBMP-2526

ok should i clean out what i put on my ssd already? because i have steamapps on there too, and could i move steam just to my desktop?