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    Just bought a SSD, how to play games off a HDD and SSD on Steam?

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    #1  Edited By MethodMan008

    Hey duders...

    So I just bought a 128gb SSD and I've installed Steam on it and moved a few games over, but of course the SSD can't hold all my games..

    Is it possible to play games off both hard drives on Steam? I have like 500gbs of games sitting on my HDD.

    Thanks!

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    #2  Edited By mike

    @MethodMan008: Try this or you can do it yourself manually using symbolic links.

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    #4  Edited By Chris_Ihao

    Great tips guys. Thanks. Always wondered this.

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    #5  Edited By MethodMan008

    @MB: @L1GHTN1N: You guys are the best. Those two options work fantastically together.

    <3 Giantbomb.

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    #6  Edited By HKZ

    SteamTool is what I use to move games back and forth, and it's worked flawlessly for me.

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    #7  Edited By Andorski

    @HKZ said:

    SteamTool is what I use to move games back and forth, and it's worked flawlessly for me.

    Does it ever mess up with saves when transferring between drives?

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    #8  Edited By HKZ

    @Andorski: Nope. Never had a problem with it. It does all the symlinking stuff for you behind the scenes, and even after transferring them back a forth a few times I've never had a problem. Never had to verify game files or anything, it just works. Highly recommend it after doing all the symlink stuff by hand more times than I want to remember.

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