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Hello,

Recently I bought an ssd and I would like to swap some of my games onto my ssd. This is because I have a copy of windows 10 and want to format it. However I could transfer the files and make the game download from that but would that have any difference than just completely newly re installing them? I would like to benefit of having the game completely re installed but still having the same levels and data inside the game? Would that be possible. For example ats would I still have my profile and level?

Same steam, epic, riot games, blizzard accounts!

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Most games on Steam save to the Steam Cloud, which is tied to your Steam account, so if you redownload the game your save file won't be changed.

However, I do recommend backing up your Documents folder before formatting - if any games save to the local disk, that's where the save file will be.

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8 minutes ago, FireLegend said:

but still having the same levels and data inside the game?

Games saves are stored separate to game install files. Each game is different for where it stores the game profiles/saves.

Best to google "<Game Name Here> save location" and copy exact folder structure to a separate drive/usb pendrive.

 

When reinstalling windows just, copy the files back to restore game profiles/saves. if your game uses cloud saves then no need to, reinstalling the game will usually restore from cloud save.

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There's no reason to reinstall the game due to moving it from one medium type to another. However, Steam, Epic, and Blizzard all offer the ability to verify files if desired by the user.

 

Just an FYI about Epic: Moving games around is harder than it is for Steam and Blizzard. You might have to do some mumbo-jumbo in order to transfer games from one folder to another.

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10 minutes ago, da na said:

Most games on Steam save to the Steam Cloud, which is tied to your Steam account, so if you redownload the game your save file won't be changed.

However, I do recommend backing up your Documents folder before formatting - if any games save to the local disk, that's where the save file will be.

So just keep the documents in case. Alright hopefully they'll just be stored but if not I've always got it cheers!

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11 minutes ago, C2dan88 said:

Games saves are stored separate to game install files. Each game is different for where it stores the game profiles/saves.

Best to google "<Game Name Here> save location" and copy exact folder structure to a separate drive/usb pendrive.

 

When reinstalling windows just, copy the files back to restore game profiles/saves. if your game uses cloud saves then no need to, reinstalling the game will usually restore from cloud save.

Thanks didn't think about that! Also could I just write the location on notepad?

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