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The video provides a comprehensive guide on how to play Steam games using an external HDD or SSD. Initially, it covers two methods: installing new games directly onto an external drive and transferring existing games from the internal drive. For direct installation, users must change the default download location in the Steam settings to the external drive. Transferring existing games involves copying the game folder from the internal drive to the external one, exemplified by transferring Counter Strike.
Additionally, the video outlines how to transfer games between computers using an external drive. This process includes copying the game's app manifest file, which can be identified using the game's page URL. The file is then placed into the steamapps folder on the external drive. To play the game on another computer, users need to install the Steam client, log in, connect the external drive, and set it as the default in Steam. This setup allows for seamless gameplay across multiple computers.
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In this part of the video, the host explains how to play Steam games from an external HDD or SSD by either installing new games directly onto the external drive or transferring existing games from your internal drive.
For the first method, you need to change the default download location to the external drive by navigating through the Steam menu, selecting settings, clicking on downloads, then steam library folders, and adding the external drive as the default location. This allows you to directly download and install games onto the external drive.
For the second method, you can transfer existing games by copying the game folder from your Steam installation folder on your PC and pasting it into the common folder on the external drive. The example given involves transferring the Counter Strike game.
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In this segment of the video, the speaker explains how to transfer a game from one computer to another using Steam and an external drive. First, they advise copying the app manifest file of the game, suggesting a method to identify the correct file by copying the game’s page URL from the store into a notepad. Next, they instruct to paste the file into the steamapps folder on the external drive. Once the game is stored on the external drive, it can be played on any computer. The process involves installing the Steam client on the new PC, logging into the Steam account, connecting the external drive, adding the external drive to Steam, and setting it as the default. Finally, by hitting the play button, the game will run from the external drive, allowing for seamless gameplay across different computers.