How to transfer my games from my old hard drive to a new one?

[Memes]

I just want to transfer mostly my games to a new hard drive or maybe transfer everything over. Do I need to buy like a docking station to do it?

[anrkyuk]

If you are keeping and using both drives you can move Steam games, as follows...

First create a new folder on the new drive.

Click "Steam" in the top left, then select "Settings" then "Downloads" and then click the "Steam library folders" button.

Next click "Add library folder" then locate the folder that you created earlier and click select.

This adds a location you can now install new games and transfer old ones to.

Next for each game go to your Steam client library tab, right click on a game select "properties" then "local files" then "Move install folder" and select the new install located created and click "Move" and repeat for all you want to move.

If you are upgrading to a new drive and not keeping your old drive, you cannot simply copy/paste games over from one drive to another, folder locations are referenced and doing so will break them.

[Memes]

I'm not keeping my old drive because I'm getting a new Hard Drive for a my laptop. So I can't bring anything over to my new hard drive?

[Set-115689]

You should be able to transfer the data over your router. Make your pc discoverable over the network and let the folder be shared. Then drag/drop the game back ups.

To transfer games back them up and transfer/reinstall the backups or the games won't work. Click on steam in the upper left hand corner, select back up and restore games then create back ups. This can take a very long time. For file size type in like 999999 so it only makes 1 file per game.

[Yaki]

Dude just copy all your game, then just reinstall it, steam will dete t the game and just download anything thats missing only in within your game.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Just clone the old drive to new
Then once the old drive is removed, el change the drive letter of the new drive to what the old one was

[Washell]

Originally posted by Memes Are Moist:

Do I need to buy like a docking station to do it?

Originally posted by Memes Are Moist:

I'm not keeping my old drive because I'm getting a new Hard Drive for a my laptop. So I can't bring anything over to my new hard drive?

A docking station would work, but bit expensive for a one time job. This would be cheaper and allow you to connect and clone to the new drive using your laptop.

https://www.newegg.com/startech-usb3s2sat3cb-usb-to-sata/p/N82E16812400542?Description=sata%20usb%20adapter&cm_re=sata_usb_adapter-_-12-400-542-_-Product

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Just use a usb 3.0 to sata3 adapter cable. 2.5 inch drives are low power enough to be powered directly from a usb 3.0 port alone

[Memes]

Originally posted by Bad 💀 Motha:

Just use a usb 3.0 to sata3 adapter cable. 2.5 inch drives are low power enough to be powered directly from a usb 3.0 port alone

and I can transfer everything over to the new hard drive?

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Yes, use the drive makers free cloning software from their website