steam not recognizing ssd games, only hdd.

[buffdaddy]

so to cut a long story short my games on my hdd have Been recognized after i set the liBrary path for the hdd, tried to do the same with the ssd and it is not working, the ssd is not recognizing the games on its own so i try so make a new library folder on my ssd so i can move my games over to that folder in hopes of it recognizing in a new folder, however i cant make a new folder i get the message selected drive already has a steam folder steam will manage multiple game installs in a single folder for you. ive tried deleting the library on the ssd but i get the message the default steam install folder cannot Be removed, even though i have made the default folder the hdd. please help, and if you are just going to say redownload the games on the ssd , dont Bother im here because i do not want too redownload them.
thanks for your time in advance

[SenMithrarin85]

is the ssd recognised by windows and the bios?

[tacoshy]

Steam -> Settings -> Downloads -> Steam library Folder -> Add Library -> Select a Folder on a SSD


copy paste the steamapps folder to the SSD and reboot Steam.

[buffdaddy]

Originally posted by SenMithrarin85:

is the ssd recognised by windows and the bios?

Originally posted by SenMithrarin85:

is the ssd recognised by windows and the bios?

yes it is steam recognizes the ssd just not the files on the ssd

Originally posted by tacoshy:

Steam -> Settings -> Downloads -> Steam library Folder -> Add Library -> Select a Folder on a SSD


copy paste the steamapps folder to the SSD and reboot Steam.

Originally posted by tacoshy:

Steam -> Settings -> Downloads -> Steam library Folder -> Add Library -> Select a Folder on a SSD


copy paste the steamapps folder to the SSD and reboot Steam.

Originally posted by Flying Spaghetti Monster:

so to cut a long story short my games on my hdd have Been recognized after i set the liBrary path for the hdd, tried to do the same with the ssd and it is not working, the ssd is not recognizing the games on its own ***************so i try so make a new library folder on my ssd so i can move my games over to that folder in hopes of it recognizing in a new folder, however i cant make a new folder i get the message selected drive already has a steam folder steam will manage multiple game installs in a single folder for you***************. ive tried deleting the library on the ssd but i get the message the default steam install folder cannot Be removed, even though i have made the default folder the hdd. please help, and if you are just going to say redownload the games on the ssd , dont Bother im here because i do not want too redownload them.
thanks for your time in advance

[tacoshy]

what youre missing is the point that I said add a new library on the SSD. I never said delete the old library... you can have multiple libraries on multiple storage devices and they all shown in steam then.

[buffdaddy]

Originally posted by tacoshy:

what youre missing is the point that I said add a new library on the SSD. I never said delete the old library... you can have multiple libraries on multiple storage devices and they all shown in steam then.

again thanks for the help but read it properly i said i can NOT make a new library folder nor delete the old one .
edit: when trying to make a new library folder in the ssd i get the message
selected drive already has a steam folder steam will manage multiple game installs in a single folder for you
edit no2; i also can not change the library destination in the ssd either if that is what you meant.

[tacoshy]

well to be clear you have the steam programm installed on your HDD? and you want to move games to the SSD but games on the SSD arent shown in the library on steam? Did you already created a library path befor on the SSD?

[buffdaddy]

Originally posted by tacoshy:

well to be clear you have the steam programm installed on your HDD? and you want to move games to the SSD but games on the SSD arent shown in the library on steam? Did you already created a library path befor on the SSD?

weirdly no, my steam is installed on my ssd, i have most of my games on my hdd and a few demanding games on my ssd in the same folder as steam, and today i decided to do a cloned file scan, to hopefuly free up some space, which obviously did not work to my advantage and it deleted all my shortcuts etc at first and some needed files from games,steam and so on . so yeah Both library paths were made Before the incident. and there is still 100s of gBs of game files on the ssd

[tacoshy]

well if I udnerstand you right you want move games from the SSD to HDD or vice versa?

Easiest way is to do it with steam itself. right click on a game then select properties -> select the tab local files -> move installmentfodler to another drive and select the drive you want to move the game too.

[buffdaddy]

Originally posted by tacoshy:

well if I udnerstand you right you want move games from the SSD to HDD or vice versa?

Easiest way is to do it with steam itself. right click on a game then select properties -> select the tab local files -> move installmentfodler to another drive and select the drive you want to move the game too.

no all i want is steam to recognize the games on the ssd so i dont have to download them again . sorry for not Being clear

[tacoshy]

Originally posted by Flying Spaghetti Monster:

Originally posted by tacoshy:

well if I udnerstand you right you want move games from the SSD to HDD or vice versa?

Easiest way is to do it with steam itself. right click on a game then select properties -> select the tab local files -> move installmentfodler to another drive and select the drive you want to move the game too.

no all i want is steam to recognize the games on the ssd so i dont have to download them again . sorry for not Being clear

... so the are already on the SSD and no back up on the HDD? have you just copied pasted the entire steamappsfolder or just the common folder or single games? you need to copy paste the manifest data too.

[buffdaddy]

Originally posted by tacoshy:

Originally posted by Flying Spaghetti Monster:

no all i want is steam to recognize the games on the ssd so i dont have to download them again . sorry for not Being clear

... so the are already on the SSD and no back up on the HDD? have you just copied pasted the entire steamappsfolder or just the common folder or single games? you need to copy paste the manifest data too.

no i havent moved anything all the games was on the ssd and hdd Before hand But ever since i done the clone file scan and it deleted some files, steam does not recognise the files on the ssd But it does however recognize them on the hdd, i mean mayBe the clone file scan deleted the manifest of the games? if so is there anyway to get the manifest Back ?

[tacoshy]

Originally posted by Flying Spaghetti Monster:

Originally posted by tacoshy:

... so the are already on the SSD and no back up on the HDD? have you just copied pasted the entire steamappsfolder or just the common folder or single games? you need to copy paste the manifest data too.

no i havent moved anything all the games was on the ssd and hdd Before hand But ever since i done the clone file scan and it deleted some files, steam does not recognise the files on the ssd But it does however recognize them on the hdd, i mean mayBe the clone file scan deleted the manifest of the games? if so is there anyway to get the manifest Back ?

well the manifest file you can copy from a friend who own the game. But the question is, if the game still is on the SSD and I cant see exactly what is wrong there. I have no capabilities to offer you a teamviewer assistance this week.

But can you maybe make a screenshot of you steamapps folder and then the common subfolder on the SSD to clear it up a little.

[buffdaddy]

well first thing i think i need to do is find out if the manifest is infact gone or not, where would i usually find the manifest? and what is the file called? i just done a quick search on my ssd for 'appmanifest' no results

[buffdaddy]

yeah im pretty sure im missing the manifest which is weird cos i can find them for all the games on the hdd, i will copy the manifest of a friend and get Back too you shortly if it works.
again thanks for your time its really apreciated :)

[tacoshy]

https://imgur.com/a/9lT2l

thats how should it look like. The appmanifest should be directly in the steamapps folder while there needs to be a single appmanifest data for every game you have installed on the SSD. inside the appmanifest file it is written for which game it is.