How do I create a home HDD that works?

[StarTreker]

OK, see that play button symbol to the left of the - symbol? You need to click on the play symbol to mount the drive. To make this easier in the future, click on the GEAR icon, EDIT MOUNT OPTIONS, do this. Checkmark Mount AT System Startup. Checkmark in Show In User Interface

If you are still having issues seeing the drive in Steam after getting the drive mounted, then you maybe using the FLATPACK STEAM, in which case I have a tutorial on how to get that setup properly.

[How To] Setup External Drives With Steam Flatpak

Since this topic doesn't relate to Zorin OS directly in any way that I can think of, I decided to post this in the lounge, even if its probably not the best place for it. I just had to go through all this, to set this up for a family member. With Windows, all you have to do is plug in your formatted external drive, go in Steam, and tell it to use the external drive for your games library. But on Linux, its a lot harder. First and formost, when you buy a hard drive, it never comes preformatted f…

Hopefully this helps!