Is it possible to move Steam game files to external HD?

Is it possible to move Steam game files to external HD?

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chris watton

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22,477 posts

260 months

Saturday 15th May 2010
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I now have too many games downloaded on my laptop (250GB HD), and only 40 GB left. Now, I could remove the files from the HD, but they take so long to re-download.
Is it possible to move them to an external HD (1TB), would Steam allow this?

chris watton

Original Poster:

22,477 posts

260 months

Saturday 15th May 2010
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Thank you for that - I have run games via an external HD before without any issues - it's just that, with the average game now being between 10 and 20 GB, and an average download rate of about 36kps, I don't fancy deleting the local content...