losing game saves?

tonyt3rry · 21 Sep 2012 at 00:46

can anyone tell me if there is any good tools for backing up game saves. I have the habit of thinking every game on steam is cloud backup or forget that GFWL games need more than the game folders name.

I really want to find a way to backup to my dropbox or something along them lines I like to fresh install every few months

Moothead2 · 21 Sep 2012 at 00:52

tonyt3rry said:
can anyone tell me if there is any good tools for backing up game saves. I have the habit of thinking every game on steam is cloud backup or forget that GFWL games need more than the game folders name.

I really want to find a way to backup to my dropbox or something along them lines I like to fresh install every few months

Why not when you go to fresh install just find the location of the save game and save it to a memory stick or the like?

I know what you mean though, I've lost numerous saves because I thought they were Steam cloud saves

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Antar Bolaeisk · 21 Sep 2012 at 00:54

It's a pain because there's no convention as to where games are actually saved to. I wish more games did Steam Cloud backups, so much easier then.

tonyt3rry · 21 Sep 2012 at 00:56

exactly all games dont want to keep it simple and keep to my games or my saved games.

tonyt3rry · 21 Sep 2012 at 00:58

Moothead2 said:
Why not when you go to fresh install just find the location of the save game and save it to a memory stick or the like?

I know what you mean though, I've lost numerous saves because I thought they were Steam cloud saves .

Antar Bolaeisk said:
It's a pain because there's no convention as to where games are actually saved to. I wish more games did Steam Cloud backups, so much easier then.

i have trouble with backing up xlive games and the other folder. main reason i try to only buy steam

Jsbeer · 21 Sep 2012 at 00:58

Moothead2 said:
Why not when you go to fresh install just find the location of the save game and save it to a memory stick or the like?

Once you find out the backup location you could use a free file backup program like SyncBack:

http://www.2brightsparks.com/downloads.html

and create a profile so that you just hit one button and all the changes in all your game directories are backed up.

tonyt3rry · 21 Sep 2012 at 01:00

Jsbeer said:
Once you find out the backup location you could use a free file backup program like SyncBack:

http://www.2brightsparks.com/downloads.html

and create a profile so that you just hit one button and all the changes in all your game directories are backed up.

wow thank you so much that is exactly what i wanted
i dont see a free one can you tell me what one it is to get , if its a good app ill pay for it anyway free is a bonus

Jsbeer · 21 Sep 2012 at 01:21

tonyt3rry said:
wow thank you so much that is exactly what i wanted
i dont see a free one can you tell me what one it is to get , if its a good app ill pay for it anyway free is a bonus

Download link is here:

http://www.2brightsparks.com/download-syncback.html

The PDF Manual is next to the above link but a short guide can be found here:

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/how-tos/how_back_everything_syncback

orderoftheflame · 21 Sep 2012 at 07:48

GSM, you can set scheduled backups, and have it sync to dropbox as well. It does individual files, so you only sync what's changed.

Got mine to go every Saturday, works brilliantly. And I've had to actually restore saves when loosing them all. Worked flawlessly.

http://www.gamesave-manager.com/

barmyllama · 21 Sep 2012 at 07:49

Gamesave-manager, does it all for you.

http://www.gamesave-manager.com/

Edit. Beaten to it.

uv · 21 Sep 2012 at 08:14

Another vote for GSM, excellent tool that even links to Dropbox, so you can get your saves anywhere.

Antar Bolaeisk · 21 Sep 2012 at 11:36

orderoftheflame said:
GSM, you can set scheduled backups, and have it sync to dropbox as well. It does individual files, so you only sync what's changed.

Got mine to go every Saturday, works brilliantly. And I've had to actually restore saves when loosing them all. Worked flawlessly.

http://www.gamesave-manager.com/

Wow, never heard of this before, must use it as it's a pain losing save games.

Cheers for the link!

FRAGMAYO · 21 Sep 2012 at 11:41

orderoftheflame said:
GSM, you can set scheduled backups, and have it sync to dropbox as well. It does individual files, so you only sync what's changed.

Got mine to go every Saturday, works brilliantly. And I've had to actually restore saves when loosing them all. Worked flawlessly.

http://www.gamesave-manager.com/

This seems like a handy tool, thanks for sharing

modo77 · 21 Sep 2012 at 13:47

Just curious, why on earth do you reinstall every few months?