[SOLVED] Can I remove a HDD with games installed and do a fresh install of windows?

matthewraagas87

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Hi everyone, shortly I am switching from an Intel to AMD CPU and motherboard and I have read that I must do a fresh install of windows because of drivers and hardware changes. Since I already have all my games from steam, battlenet etc installed on a HDD, am I able to remove the HDD during a fresh install of windows and re-install the applications used on an SSD to run the games? I don't really want to reinstall 500GB worth of games again, is it possible to reinstall windows and applications but choose the download path that can identify that the game is already installed? Help would be greatly appreciated
PC Specs: i5 7400 (Ryzen 5 3600), b250m mobo (MSI b450m Mortar Max), 16GB 3000MHZ, 600W PSU, 1TB HDD, 240GB SSD
 
Solution
Yes.

In Steam, specifically:

Steam games location
In the steam client:
Steam
Settings
Downloads
Steam Library Folders
Add library folder
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The other game launchers have similar functionality.