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Adobe acrobat xi pro bittorrent downloader free. Maybe this should be the hardware section but whatever My scenario is this, I have awful internet at home and takes me forever to download games from steam or any other digital site. But my college has crazy fast internet (33 times faster). So I was wondering if it was possible to have all steam stuff on an external hard drive and download games in college and then play them on my desktop at home.

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I haven't really though it through properly but I was wondering if it's possible, it would save me a lot of waiting. QUOTE='skrat01'You'll need Steam installed on a computer, then the hard drive connected with Steam installing the game to it (because they finally added the alternate installation directory feature) - when logging into your College's network.

Nov 01, 2015  Just sign into steam and download your game onto his computer. When it's done copy the folder onto the USB drive. Take it home and sign into steam on your computer. Tell your computer to install.

Seanmcloughlin So it's possible? I just need to install steam on the computer I'm using with the HDD? I figured about the code thing but that's a simple issue. Yep, should be.

You just have to hope your network doesn't block certain traffic, or your system access for installing isn't blocked - and as Farsendor1 pointed out, Steamgaurd will mean you'll have to log into your email account and authenticate the machine you're using. Also be sure to not remember your details on that said machine. Edit.

Ah you've worked out Steamgaurd! QUOTE='seanmcloughlin' QUOTE='skrat01'You'll need Steam installed on a computer, then the hard drive connected with Steam installing the game to it (because they finally added the alternate installation directory feature) - when logging into your College's network. Skrat01 So it's possible? I just need to install steam on the computer I'm using with the HDD? I figured about the code thing but that's a simple issue. Yep, should be.

You just have to hope your network doesn't block certain traffic, or your system access for installing isn't blocked - and as Farsendor1 pointed out, Steamgaurd will mean you'll have to log into your email account and authenticate the machine you're using. Also be sure to not remember your details on that said machine. Edit. Ah you've worked out Steamgaurd! I've had steam guard ask for a code before due to logging into my laptop etc. It's not a big deal And yeah i'm not sure if I'm able to download and install on college machines. Remembering details is a non issue as I log out every time I leave and they need student numbers and passwords to access my stuff again.

It's worth a consideration though as I could download 7 gig games in about an hour rather than the usual 9 it takes now. I am in similar situation, here is what I do. Install Steam on your external HDD. Download the game(s) on to it at school.

When you get home, plug your external HDD in to your computer. Navigate to the /steamapps/common folder on your external HDD and copy of the game folder to /steamapps/common your main desktop. Open up Steam on you desktop, now select the game you just transferred over in your Library and click 'Install'.

You will have to go through the usual steps that you normally take when downloading a game, the difference is that instead of downloading, it should read something like 'Discovering local files'. After that is finished, the game should be successfully installed on your desktop. NOTE: Steam will find the files 99% of the time, however I have noticed that sometimes it doesn't find them and instead starts downloading the game. If that happens just close Steam, delete the files and copy them over again and it should work.

Hope that helps. I am in similar situation, here is what I do. Install Steam on your external HDD.

Download the game(s) on to it at school. When you get home, plug your external HDD in to your computer.

Navigate to the /steamapps/common folder on your external HDD and copy of the game folder to /steamapps/common your main desktop. Open up Steam on you desktop, now select the game you just transferred over in your Library and click 'Install'. You will have to go through the usual steps that you normally take when downloading a game, the difference is that instead of downloading, it should read something like 'Discovering local files'. After that is finished, the game should be successfully installed on your desktop. NOTE: Steam will find the files 99% of the time, however I have noticed that sometimes it doesn't find them and instead starts downloading the game. If that happens just close Steam, delete the files and copy them over again and it should work.

Hope that helps. EliteM0nk3y Thank you my man. Just the answers I was looking for. Might be a good option for me to have all my steam games on an external as sometimes I delete them to make space on my main HDD. Would be nice to just install them there and leave them there. QUOTE='EliteM0nk3y' I am in similar situation, here is what I do.

Install Steam on your external HDD. Download the game(s) on to it at school. When you get home, plug your external HDD in to your computer. Navigate to the /steamapps/common folder on your external HDD and copy of the game folder to /steamapps/common your main desktop. Open up Steam on you desktop, now select the game you just transferred over in your Library and click 'Install'.

You will have to go through the usual steps that you normally take when downloading a game, the difference is that instead of downloading, it should read something like 'Discovering local files'. After that is finished, the game should be successfully installed on your desktop. NOTE: Steam will find the files 99% of the time, however I have noticed that sometimes it doesn't find them and instead starts downloading the game. If that happens just close Steam, delete the files and copy them over again and it should work.

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Hope that helps. Seanmcloughlin Thank you my man. Just the answers I was looking for.

Might be a good option for me to have all my steam games on an external as sometimes I delete them to make space on my main HDD. Would be nice to just install them there and leave them there I have all my Steam games installed on my external HDD, makes it pretty easy if I want to play game that I don't have installed on my desktop. It did take up nearly 75% of my external HDD though.

QUOTE='seanmcloughlin' QUOTE='EliteM0nk3y' I am in similar situation, here is what I do. Install Steam on your external HDD.

Download the game(s) on to it at school. When you get home, plug your external HDD in to your computer. Navigate to the /steamapps/common folder on your external HDD and copy of the game folder to /steamapps/common your main desktop. Open up Steam on you desktop, now select the game you just transferred over in your Library and click 'Install'. You will have to go through the usual steps that you normally take when downloading a game, the difference is that instead of downloading, it should read something like 'Discovering local files'.

After that is finished, the game should be successfully installed on your desktop. NOTE: Steam will find the files 99% of the time, however I have noticed that sometimes it doesn't find them and instead starts downloading the game. If that happens just close Steam, delete the files and copy them over again and it should work. Hope that helps.

EliteM0nk3y Thank you my man. Just the answers I was looking for. Might be a good option for me to have all my steam games on an external as sometimes I delete them to make space on my main HDD.

Would be nice to just install them there and leave them there I have all my Steam games installed on my external HDD, makes it pretty easy if I want to play game that I don't have installed on my desktop. It did take up nearly 75% of my external HDD though. Well I wouldn't really use it for anything else so it could take it all up for all I care. I still have a 500GB and 1Tb installed in the main desktop. I just want more space as recording videos can take quite a lot fo space at times. QUOTE='kraken2109'QUOTE='bonafidetk'surely the fast download speed would be capped by the USB transfer time.

Unless you're looking at USB3 but then again do your uni PC's have USB3 ports? Also do your uni allow such large downloads on their network? They actively discourage it where I am.

Seanmcloughlin Most USB hard drives will do 30MB/s, unlikely that the internet is faster than that. (100mbps would give you 12.5MB/s) My college internet IS 100mbps too Either way it would still be faster than what I get now Definitely.

I download stuff directly to my external quite a lot, and I don't notice it going any slower, or being capped by USB speed. Then again, my internet isn't THAT fast. Faster than what you have at home, I'd assume, if downloading takes that long, but not as fast as your college internet.

I usually get 2-5MB/s downloading from steam. And yeah, as others have said, you've got a couple options. You could install steam on the school's computer, and make a secondary steam install directory on your external, which could then be accessed by steam on your own desktop, and the school computer, or you could just put your entire steam install on the external, and run it from any computer, after dealing with steamguard.

That'd probably be the best way to do it. Just make a whole dedicated 'steam drive'.