Wipe Pc - Mine Craft Question

opethdisciple · 16 Sep 2014 at 23:51

I know next to nothing about Mine Craft.

But a friend has asked me to sort out her sons PC and I plan on wiping the computer. However the boy is concerned about his Mine Craft info.

Is his Mine Craft data stored on the local PC or is it all cloud?

I’m hoping it's all cloud, so I can just wipe the Pc and when he re-logs in to Mine Craft all his progress etc gets re-downloaded.

Thanks

sieze2 · 16 Sep 2014 at 23:59

opethdisciple said:
I know next to nothing about Mine Craft.

But a friend has asked me to sort out her sons PC and I plan on wiping the computer. However the boy is concerned about his Mine Craft info.

Is his Mine Craft data stored on the local PC or is it all cloud?

I’m hoping it's all cloud, so I can just wipe the Pc and when he re-logs in to Mine Craft all his progress etc gets re-downloaded.

Thanks

You need to manually backup the game saves (on his computer). Here is some info for you: http://www.howtogeek.com/60264/how-to-backup-restore-and-sync-your-minecraft-saves-on-all-your-pcs/

sieze2 · 17 Sep 2014 at 00:00

And then obviously put them back when you are done !

tommybhoy · 17 Sep 2014 at 00:20

C:\Users\**user**\AppData\Roaming\

Backup the .minecraft folder, then drop it back in the same dir after the wipe.

opethdisciple · 17 Sep 2014 at 00:23

Ok cheers both!