SSD Crashed - Replaced - Fixing Steam Library?

[DuBeUsTTV]

To explain my issue in detail, a power flicker caused my old OS SSD to finally end its life (a driver change in the OS itself prevented Mouse/Keyboard from being recognized/functioning upon the Login Screen, only the BIOS). In conclusion, the old SSD was defunct and dead, and had to be replaced, as well as a new Windows 10 reinstalled.

Going about reinstalling Steam (along with every other Browser and program I had that I lost, and hope I can still find and salvage from saved personal files), Steam recognizes the second SSD I have in my computer, where most of my games are, but either it won't add the Drive to the available Libraries ("Steam Library is not empty" it says), or it just adds the drive (showing what space is left/versus how much there is total) but doesn't connect with the file for all the games installed.

Is there any way to reconnect it all, or do I just need to suck it up, call it a loss, delete everything older and reinstall it all again?

[nullable]

Rename the old steam library, create the new one, copy the files from your old library to the new one.

Games may not show up automatically, but if you install a game to the secondary library it should detect existing files and skip downl8ading.

At least that's how I was able to move games between pc's a few years ago.

[tintingaroo]

From the error 'Steam Library is not empty', it sounds like you're selecting a folder within the Steam Library (steamapps? common?)

If that is correct, your Steam Library folder is the one that contains the steamapps folder e.g.
...\[SELECT_ THIS_FOLDER]\steamapps\common\<games>

[Acecool]

You could just repair windows - should be fine. You can also use the repair console to scannow, etc.. Could just be a corrupt file. You can also boot without mouse / keyboard plugged in, then plug them in on the boot screen in a different port.


For the library, what I do is install Steam, then I copy the steamapps folder over where it was. I have multiple libraries on my C drive and other drives ( which Steam now dislikes multiple on the same drive but I don't like the default folder on C so I have to change the library file ). Shut down Steam after you set up the folders, then just copy everything over including the library files. You can move the game files but copy the library file so if it tries resetting it you can copy it again. Then it should auto see all of the games in those libraries.

[Jeffrey Lebowski]

I just had the same issue and the fix was to rename the old "Steam" folders it wasnt recognizing to "SteamLibrary"