New ssd added' Steam on old hhd, how to play games?

[kennomeat]

Had a look through some posts and it tells me to go through settings to change default location. When i log into Steam on my new C drive I don't get an option of settings. As my new ssd is my c drive and OS, do I have to install Steam Client on to C to access settings. Thank you.

[Omega]

If the HDD still has Windows and stuff still on it wipe it by removing all partitions from it via disk manager. You can simply copy over all games from D:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\Common on the HDD to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\Common on the SSD.

If you want your Steam games to be installed on the HDD I recommend cpoy/pasting all games to the SSD and then wiping the entire HDD. Once the HDD is wiped create a new Steam game installation directory on the D:\ drive.

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=7418-YUBN-8129

[kennomeat]

Thank you for responding so quickly. My steam data on the HDD takes up 86GB, what I was hoping not to do was move it to the new drive c at all. What I want is to be able to use a short cut on C to access games on D if that is possible. to do that I need to change path in settings. That's why I want to know if I have to download steam client to C to do so.

[Omega]

You can temporarily move it over and then nuke the HDD.

Simple create a new Steam installation directory to the location when all games are installed like the link I posted says.

[Muppet among Puppets]

Just start steam with the exe in its main folder.
No need to do anything.