Problem with MW2 restoring backup

Mak3R · 1 Sep 2010 at 19:19

Hi guys, I reformatted yesterday but before I did so I copied my entire COD folder from my steamapps. I was under the impression I could just copy it back in (as I've done with other games) and it would work.

Am I missing something? I copied the folder to here:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common

Alas no luck when I restart steam, the game is just greyed out in my library. Any ideas?

Mak3R · 1 Sep 2010 at 19:47

Same thing happens for Civ4. Anyone any ideas?

Mak3R · 1 Sep 2010 at 20:20

I have used this method a few times, as do many others. The steam backup deature takes too long

Mak3R · 1 Sep 2010 at 21:09

Yep just did, seemed to do the trick for MW2. Civ4 was nearly downloaded again so I just let it carry on. Thanks a lot

Mak3R · 2 Sep 2010 at 08:53

Last time I used the steam backup facility it loaded my entire CPU to 100% and ground me to a halt and took forever to complete. Never trused it since then...