Reset windows but my save games

[Jonshinki]

hello there. so im going to reset my windows 10 files everythings. but my save games was on "C:" drive my OS at documents. such as GTA V / AC:O  games on my HDD, what should i do to bring back my save games after resetting my windows 10?

[bleedblue]

save files are backed up on steam cloud.

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19 minutes ago, bleedblue said:

save files are backed up on steam cloud.

Don't assume that, it's a good way to lose all your files.

 

When it comes to GTA V, I believe this is true (or on Rockstar's on cloud perhaps?), and many games now do support Steam's system, but many do not, and you also have to consider any non-steam games you have.  Just lookup online where each one you care about is stored and make a copy.  Keep in mind that some games have data in multiple places and you'll need it all for it to work (GFWL games were notorious for this)

[Mira Yurizaki]

Your game saves are usually in one of the following locations, in order from most likely to least likely:

• C:\Users\[Username]\Documents
• C:\Users\[Username]\AppData\Roaming (you can also access this by typing in %APPDATA% in the address bar or via the run command)
• C:\Users\[Username]\AppData\Local
• C:\Users\[Username]\Saved Games
• Where the game is installed
• If it's a game that requires UPlay, check the UPlay install directory

EDIT: Oh, if you already done a Reset on Windows and you didn't back up your saves, then you basically lost them unless they're saved on a cloud service.

[Jonshinki]

1 hour ago, M.Yurizaki said:

Your game saves are usually in one of the following locations, in order from most likely to least likely:

• C:\Users\[Username]\Documents
• C:\Users\[Username]\AppData\Roaming (you can also access this by typing in %APPDATA% in the address bar or via the run command)
• C:\Users\[Username]\AppData\Local
• C:\Users\[Username]\Saved Games
• Where the game is installed
• If it's a game that requires UPlay, check the UPlay install directory

EDIT: Oh, if you already done a Reset on Windows and you didn't back up your saves, then you basically lost them unless they're saved on a cloud service.

so ill just copy and paste after the windows reset?

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52 minutes ago, Jonshinki said:

so ill just copy and paste after the windows reset?

Yes.  Not that entire list of folders obviously, just the files you need.  But yes.

[Mira Yurizaki]

58 minutes ago, Jonshinki said:

so ill just copy and paste after the windows reset?

Yes, basically.

 

I'd also recommend copying and pasting %APPDATA% anyway since a lot of your program settings live there.