My machine has a single NVMe slot, so I swapped my 500GB drive with a 2TB last night and did a fresh Bazzite install. I put the 500 into a USB enclosure and hooked it up expecting to be able to copy my games off of it. Steam sees the old drive but lists all its contents as “Non-Steam”.

I have tried ‘repairing’ the library but that does nothing. I tried manually mounting the drive to another path but with the same result.

What’s the best way to get the games off this drive?

Edit: just to clarify, the 500GB drive is a Bazzite install. It was the primary drive until recently.

  • user_6282638282@sopuli.xyzOPEnglish
    6·
    2 days ago

    That folder only contains the folder “Steam Controller Configs” on both drives.

    Edit: found them at ~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common on the old drive

    • user_6282638282@sopuli.xyzOPEnglish
      11·
      1 day ago

      Final edit: this worked, once I used the correct directory. Note that Steam gives no indication that it found the files except to skip right to “Verifying”.

      • FauxLiving@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        1 day ago

        Copying them this way isn’t officially supported, but moving them via Steam can be annoying if you have a lot of updates waiting (it won’t move a game unless it is updated for some reason).

    • scutiger@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 day ago

      Strange, on my Bazzite install, that’s the folder that Steam uses. Either way, glad it helped at least.