Steam question

quish · 8 Aug 2010 at 15:21

I need to reformat my sons PC, he has Steam installed and has games via Steam, will I be ok to back up the Steam folder and just reinstall it after the format, will his games work as before or do I need to do something else?

Thanks in advance

Megahurtz400 · 8 Aug 2010 at 15:25

You can just completely format it if you want then download all the games again, alternatively, you can just copy the steamapps folder to a backup drive and then just whack it back into the Steam folder after you re-install it

Simply, Yes everything will work fine, just remember his login details!!!

quish · 8 Aug 2010 at 15:38

Thanks for your speedy response

Jsbeer · 8 Aug 2010 at 16:06

WAIT

Someone more informed please confirm BUT I thought that your games saves aren't usually stored by steam online but on your machine. I'm not an expert so can someone confirm?

PhillyDee · 8 Aug 2010 at 16:08

Sometimes. Depends on the game, they can be stored all over depending where the publisher prefers to keep them.

You can just copy the whole steam folder.

Run steam and it will autoupdate and install itself for you!

NathanT · 8 Aug 2010 at 16:08

Some saved games will not be in the steamapps folder, check your documents/{user}/ folder

orderoftheflame · 8 Aug 2010 at 16:09

Jsbeer said:
WAIT

Someone more informed please confirm BUT I thought that your games saves aren't usually stored by steam online but on your machine. I'm not an expert so can someone confirm?

They're generally not. This may be useful:

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=840657

http://savelocations.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page