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mr_lebowski

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5. That's what I was hoping ... been a LONG time since I re-installed Steam, couldn't remember

Thu Nov 21, 2019, 12:30 AM

Nov 2019

how good it was about being able to run games that've never actually been installed but just exist in your steam folder from a past install. Was very much hoping they'll fire up after brief install of stuff like C++ and Direct X runtimes.

I do believe you can (FINALLY) actually have >1 Steam folder now (on multiple drives) so you can put older games on your spinner and cycle in newer ones onto a boot ssd ... then I'm really hoping you can move them off to the spinner easily as they get old and you play 'em less or rarely. LIke, I hope that's built in to steam you don't have to futz with moving files yourself ... Again, guess I'll soon find out.

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So my 4 y.o. Solid State (System) Drive died, and I had to reinstall Windows cause somehow my backup [View all] mr_lebowski Nov 2019 OP

Good Luck with the new rig! lastlib Nov 2019 #1

Not a new OS, still Windows 10 so there's that ... took care of most of the basic stuff already mr_lebowski Nov 2019 #2

I'm with ya on keeping the C: drive clear! lastlib Nov 2019 #3

I keep Steam on its own drive as well. Just redownload Steam and point it to your old drive. Afromania Nov 2019 #4

That's what I was hoping ... been a LONG time since I re-installed Steam, couldn't remember mr_lebowski Nov 2019 #5

I clone my boot drive every few weeks for this exact reason Ron Obvious Nov 2019 #6

I recently installed a solid state drive in my desktop machine. hunter Nov 2019 #7