How does UWP handle a format?

ubern00b · 9 Feb 2017 at 13:45

I need to format my machine at some point in the future and I know how Steam and the like handle this but what about UWP? I have Gears 4 installed to another drive and was hoping it would be a simple case of pointing the store to this drive and it detecting the binaries. Does anyone have any experience with this? Don't really fancy another 80+GB download. Thanks.

bigbilly50 · 9 Feb 2017 at 18:24

Ive found no way around having to download all UWP games again after a format , sorry

Swifty55 · 9 Feb 2017 at 19:42

If the game is on another drive, then it should be just as simple as directing the install back to that directory?

ubern00b · 9 Feb 2017 at 21:01

Swifty55;30488056 said:
If the game is on another drive, then it should be just as simple as directing the install back to that directory?

Should be, but is it? These things are rarely as simple as you would expect.

Rifte · 10 Feb 2017 at 03:38

Personally I have tried with this, and I have never found a solution (online or the like).

I did an OS re install a couple of months back and had a little cry to myself when I initiated an 80 gig RE-download of GOW 4.

zola25 · 10 Feb 2017 at 08:35

No luck here either, even tried moving Forza to a different drive and Windows won't pick it up after a reinstall. It really does appear that re-downloading is the only option.

ubern00b · 10 Feb 2017 at 10:33

Thanks all. I was fearful this was the case. Another feather in Microsofts cap...