- Dec 19, 2008
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Hey all,
After many, many years, I'm about to upgrade my steam box and it would be great to not re-download everything. I don't mind a little downloading of updates and stuff, synch with cloud, etc. But would definitely prefer to avoid a total re-download. I've tried looking this up and there just seems to be lots of information out there that isn't consistent. So figured I'd ask the community if anyone has done it recently.
My OS is on one drive. My steam library folder is on a separate drive from the OS. I will be migrating to an entirely new rig with new components, however I will keep the steam folder library drive so that I can keep all the steam games without re-downloading (I think). My current understanding is that if I just keep them on a separate drive and then tell the steam client after the upgrade where the library is it will recognize the games and I won't need to re-download them all. However, to take it a step farther, I'm curious about any other things I would need to know about, such as save games, configs, etc. Any obvious locations I should make a manual/physical copy of and restore after the reinstall?
Thanks!
Very best,
After many, many years, I'm about to upgrade my steam box and it would be great to not re-download everything. I don't mind a little downloading of updates and stuff, synch with cloud, etc. But would definitely prefer to avoid a total re-download. I've tried looking this up and there just seems to be lots of information out there that isn't consistent. So figured I'd ask the community if anyone has done it recently.
My OS is on one drive. My steam library folder is on a separate drive from the OS. I will be migrating to an entirely new rig with new components, however I will keep the steam folder library drive so that I can keep all the steam games without re-downloading (I think). My current understanding is that if I just keep them on a separate drive and then tell the steam client after the upgrade where the library is it will recognize the games and I won't need to re-download them all. However, to take it a step farther, I'm curious about any other things I would need to know about, such as save games, configs, etc. Any obvious locations I should make a manual/physical copy of and restore after the reinstall?
Thanks!
Very best,