Noob question

[Acemath]

Okay,don't shoot me for asking this maybe noobish question,but because it's the first time ever i'm gonna do this i want it to be flawless

Planning on buying new rig next month,but don't wanna lose my programs and games i have on this pc.What do i need to do?I want to use them on the next computer without going through the hassle of redownloading/reinstalling them

Can i just copy/paste them to my external HD and do it the other way around when the new computer arrives?When i do that can i use the programs right away,or do i still need to reinstall them?

Or do i need to make a back-up?And how do i do that?And how without making a backup of Windows Vista?Moving to Windows 7.

I know this is a stupid question but never done this before so sorry

 

[Acemath]

Steam is easy - just move the folder to your external hard-drive and then copy it back to your PC and run the Steam.exe. The rest of your apps / games will have to be reinstalled if we are talking about moving to a different PC.



M.

Thanks,so Steam wouldn't be a problem to copy/paste the map to another HD?But what with other games?Most of them are pretty big and already patched to latest versions.Do i need to make a back-up of these,or can i use Copy/paste also?

 

[Acemath]

Thanks all for the info,

So best i to make a image of my current HD?Put it on the external one,and then put it back on the new PC?