Can Steam see that drive OK that you have the ganes on?

You tried making a new Steam Library with Steam Client? Then exit the Steam Client and put the games in the new Steam Library? Just make sure the folder structure is all correct. Then load Steam back up again and click a game you know is present click install and as long as it's within the same Library folder it should then see it and verify it.

引用自 Bad 💀 Motha：

Can Steam see that drive OK that you have the ganes on?

You tried making a new Steam Library with Steam Client? Then exit the Steam Client and put the games in the new Steam Library? Just make sure the folder structure is all correct. Then load Steam back up again and click a game you know is present click install and as long as it's within the same Library folder it should then see it and verify it.

Yeah i have been trying that but it ends up just reinstalling the game instead of recognizing that its already installed

Did you install linux mint to a new drive, or is it on the same drive as windows 10?

引用自 Brimac：

Did you install linux mint to a new drive, or is it on the same drive as windows 10?

i believe its on a different drive, i have an HDD and an NVME. i run windows on my NVME and i think it installed linux on my HDD. i didnt really have a choice to where it installed for some reason or maybe i skipped a step by accident. im thinking about possibly doing a fresh install on linux, but i dont want to wipe a whole drive or get rid of my windows files.

引用自 mojo：

引用自 Brimac：

Did you install linux mint to a new drive, or is it on the same drive as windows 10?

i believe its on a different drive, i have an HDD and an NVME. i run windows on my NVME and i think it installed linux on my HDD. i didnt really have a choice to where it installed for some reason or maybe i skipped a step by accident. im thinking about possibly doing a fresh install on linux, but i dont want to wipe a whole drive or get rid of my windows files.

If you copied the games to the new library then on first launch of each game Steam will think they need to be installed again, it then realises something is there and validates the install instead. Did you let that happen when you tried earlier?

when you install a new os, be sure that only the drive you want the os on is installed
then you know for sure that the os is on that drive and only that drive

windows and linux install bootloaders and wipe each others out
best to use bios boot options to pick the drive to boot from

shut down completely and unplug the windows drive, then install linux on the hdd or sata nvme drive

引用自 DonMcK：

引用自 mojo：

i believe its on a different drive, i have an HDD and an NVME. i run windows on my NVME and i think it installed linux on my HDD. i didnt really have a choice to where it installed for some reason or maybe i skipped a step by accident. im thinking about possibly doing a fresh install on linux, but i dont want to wipe a whole drive or get rid of my windows files.

If you copied the games to the new library Steam on first launch of each game Steam will think they need to be installed again, it then realises something is there and validates the install instead. Did you let that happen when you tried earlier?

you dont need to launch the game, just verify game files
steam -> storage -> select library -> repair

引用自 mojo：

引用自 Brimac：

Did you install linux mint to a new drive, or is it on the same drive as windows 10?

i believe its on a different drive, i have an HDD and an NVME. i run windows on my NVME and i think it installed linux on my HDD. i didnt really have a choice to where it installed for some reason or maybe i skipped a step by accident. im thinking about possibly doing a fresh install on linux, but i dont want to wipe a whole drive or get rid of my windows files.

Hmm yea, get yourself at least another SSD

引用自 _I_：

引用自 DonMcK：

If you copied the games to the new library Steam on first launch of each game Steam will think they need to be installed again, it then realises something is there and validates the install instead. Did you let that happen when you tried earlier?

you dont need to launch the game, just verify game files
steam -> storage -> select library -> repair

i havent tried this yet, but i will once i get home tonight and i will update if it works.

引用自 DonMcK：

引用自 mojo：

i believe its on a different drive, i have an HDD and an NVME. i run windows on my NVME and i think it installed linux on my HDD. i didnt really have a choice to where it installed for some reason or maybe i skipped a step by accident. im thinking about possibly doing a fresh install on linux, but i dont want to wipe a whole drive or get rid of my windows files.

If you copied the games to the new library then on first launch of each game Steam will think they need to be installed again, it then realises something is there and validates the install instead. Did you let that happen when you tried earlier?

yes i have tried this. i gave steam the correct path to my steam library and clicked download and it wont validate the files and instead installs them again. i checked where it installed the game and it reinstalls it into the folder that it already exists in ? its really weird. and even when the game is installed, they wont run. i have tried downloading multiple versions of proton on the drive but nothing works

引用自 _I_：

引用自 DonMcK：

If you copied the games to the new library Steam on first launch of each game Steam will think they need to be installed again, it then realises something is there and validates the install instead. Did you let that happen when you tried earlier?

you dont need to launch the game, just verify game files
steam -> storage -> select library -> repair

Yeah this worked at least to get my games running. im just going to reinstall the games instead. thanks!