How to run your Steam library from an external drive
(Windows Phone Central)

If you game on multiple different PCs at once, then running your Steam library from an external drive could be just what you need. Today`s best PC games are massive. And not everyone has fancy internet connections capable of downloading them in minutes. And if you`re a PC gamer, perhaps you have both a desktop and laptop you want to play on. In this case, or for outliers like us laptop reviewers, moving your Steam library — or even just a copy of it — to an external drive could save you a heap of time and trouble, and it`s not actually that hard to do. Likewise, if you`re setting up from scratch, it`s a super simple process, and you`re able to manage games just as you would on any internal drive. You aren`t limited to a single external SSD or hard drive, either. You can set up multiple library folders across multiple external drives that will all feed into the same Steam library on your PC. Here`s what you need to know. How to set up a new Steam library on an external drive ...