Steam Relocation Questions

**dragon2309** · 03-20-2006, 07:40 PM

So, i was just normally going through daily activities on ym PC when windows balloon thingy popped up and said i only had 142Mb left on ym C: drive, i thought it was lying but i went inspecting and it was true, no idea how that happened, anyway, i have a SLAVE 120Gb drive qwith only 20Gb being used, so ive been transferring large programs over to that one...

I was going through the list of programs, got to Steam, my god its big, lol, so my question is this, can i just uninstall and reinstall steam on a different drive, if so what is the installer file, i dont remeber installin it before, it jsut turned up when i instaleld a game, what will happen to my games now, will all saved games be lost etc....??

Thanks, any info would be great, dragon

[-0MEGA-] · 03-20-2006, 07:41 PM

Just go to www.steampowered.com, download and install the installer, choose where you want it to install, and then go!

**dragon2309** · 03-20-2006, 09:58 PM

ok, i will do that, but what about all my game data, will it move it all itself or will i have to sit there for 10 hours straigh updating every single game i ever bought and updated...?

dragon

[-0MEGA-] · 03-20-2006, 10:01 PM

There really isnt any reason in my opinion to have every game installed, i have about 15 games and i only have HL:2, CSS, DODS installed.

To answer your question, all you need to do is go to File > Backup Games, select what you want to backup, choose the location, and BAM!

**dragon2309** · 03-20-2006, 10:08 PM

ok, so after i backup the game files, how do i "out them into" the new steam on the other drive, is there like a "resotre from backup" option or what??

dragon

[-0MEGA-] · 03-20-2006, 10:10 PM

Once the backups are done, one of the files will be a .exe file, simply run it and it will install all your games back. Im not sure if you need steam to be installed first or not though.

**dragon2309** · 03-20-2006, 10:18 PM

ok, im backing up now, that sure does take a long time, ive currently got steam installed on both drives, the one on the new drive has picked up the ames from my steam account, and shows them as not installed, im backing them up from the steam on the old drive, its taking ages..... 7.8Gb of files to transfer, lol....

dragon

[-0MEGA-] · 03-20-2006, 10:55 PM

lol, i would just transfer the games i play most often, then re-download the other ones when you have a chance. BTW, did you choose CD or DVD format?

**dragon2309** · 03-20-2006, 11:32 PM

oh man, i chose DVD format, is that a problem, cos it finished the backup and i started the .exe file and it gets near the end and shuts itself down with the generic error of:

was i supposed to choose CD or am i supposed to burn those files to a DVD or what...?

dragon

**dragon2309** · 03-21-2006, 05:05 PM

03-20-2006, 07:40 PM	#1 (permalink)
dragon2309 P.I Dragon Join Date: May 2005 Location: KENT, UK Age: 19 Posts: 8,333	Steam Relocation Questions So, i was just normally going through daily activities on ym PC when windows balloon thingy popped up and said i only had 142Mb left on ym C: drive, i thought it was lying but i went inspecting and it was true, no idea how that happened, anyway, i have a SLAVE 120Gb drive qwith only 20Gb being used, so ive been transferring large programs over to that one... I was going through the list of programs, got to Steam, my god its big, lol, so my question is this, can i just uninstall and reinstall steam on a different drive, if so what is the installer file, i dont remeber installin it before, it jsut turned up when i instaleld a game, what will happen to my games now, will all saved games be lost etc....?? Thanks, any info would be great, dragon __________________ Intel Core2Duo E6600 @ 3.1Ghz - (__CPU__) eVGA 680i SLi - (__MOB__) 4Gb Corsair Dominator DDR2-800 (4x1024Mb) - (__RAM__) 250Gb Western Digital SATAII 7200rpm - (__HDD__) nVidia BFG 8800GTS OC 320Mb - (__GFX__) LG DVD+/-RW 18x DVD-RAM - (__OPT__) Triple Boot - [XP Pro] + [Vista Ultimate] + [Ubuntu 7.10] - (__OS__) [3DMARK'03 :: 25,587] --- [3DMARK'05 :: 13,989] --- [3DMARK'06 :: 8791] - (__BENCHMARKS__) dragon2309.co.uk - a little slice of geek

03-20-2006, 07:41 PM	#2 (permalink)
[-0MEGA-] Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Concord, NH Age: 19 Posts: 26,897	Just go to www.steampowered.com, download and install the installer, choose where you want it to install, and then go! __________________ Desktop // Laptop Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4.0GHz // Core 2 Duo T9300 2.5GHz Asus Rampage Formula X48 // Intel PM965 ATI 4870X2 2GB GDDR5 // Dual 512MB GDDR3 8600M GT's SLI 4GB (2x 2GB) DDR2 940 // 3GB DDR2 667 DC 750GB SATA 3.0Gbps w/32MB // 400GB (2x 200GB) 7200RPM Creative SB X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty SilverStone 750W +12V@60A 3DMark06: 21366 // 7394

03-20-2006, 09:58 PM	#3 (permalink)
dragon2309 P.I Dragon Join Date: May 2005 Location: KENT, UK Age: 19 Posts: 8,333	ok, i will do that, but what about all my game data, will it move it all itself or will i have to sit there for 10 hours straigh updating every single game i ever bought and updated...? dragon __________________ Intel Core2Duo E6600 @ 3.1Ghz - (__CPU__) eVGA 680i SLi - (__MOB__) 4Gb Corsair Dominator DDR2-800 (4x1024Mb) - (__RAM__) 250Gb Western Digital SATAII 7200rpm - (__HDD__) nVidia BFG 8800GTS OC 320Mb - (__GFX__) LG DVD+/-RW 18x DVD-RAM - (__OPT__) Triple Boot - [XP Pro] + [Vista Ultimate] + [Ubuntu 7.10] - (__OS__) [3DMARK'03 :: 25,587] --- [3DMARK'05 :: 13,989] --- [3DMARK'06 :: 8791] - (__BENCHMARKS__) dragon2309.co.uk - a little slice of geek

03-20-2006, 10:01 PM	#4 (permalink)
[-0MEGA-] Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Concord, NH Age: 19 Posts: 26,897	There really isnt any reason in my opinion to have every game installed, i have about 15 games and i only have HL:2, CSS, DODS installed. To answer your question, all you need to do is go to File > Backup Games, select what you want to backup, choose the location, and BAM! __________________ Desktop // Laptop Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4.0GHz // Core 2 Duo T9300 2.5GHz Asus Rampage Formula X48 // Intel PM965 ATI 4870X2 2GB GDDR5 // Dual 512MB GDDR3 8600M GT's SLI 4GB (2x 2GB) DDR2 940 // 3GB DDR2 667 DC 750GB SATA 3.0Gbps w/32MB // 400GB (2x 200GB) 7200RPM Creative SB X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty SilverStone 750W +12V@60A 3DMark06: 21366 // 7394

03-20-2006, 10:08 PM	#5 (permalink)
dragon2309 P.I Dragon Join Date: May 2005 Location: KENT, UK Age: 19 Posts: 8,333	ok, so after i backup the game files, how do i "out them into" the new steam on the other drive, is there like a "resotre from backup" option or what?? dragon __________________ Intel Core2Duo E6600 @ 3.1Ghz - (__CPU__) eVGA 680i SLi - (__MOB__) 4Gb Corsair Dominator DDR2-800 (4x1024Mb) - (__RAM__) 250Gb Western Digital SATAII 7200rpm - (__HDD__) nVidia BFG 8800GTS OC 320Mb - (__GFX__) LG DVD+/-RW 18x DVD-RAM - (__OPT__) Triple Boot - [XP Pro] + [Vista Ultimate] + [Ubuntu 7.10] - (__OS__) [3DMARK'03 :: 25,587] --- [3DMARK'05 :: 13,989] --- [3DMARK'06 :: 8791] - (__BENCHMARKS__) dragon2309.co.uk - a little slice of geek

03-20-2006, 10:10 PM	#6 (permalink)
[-0MEGA-] Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Concord, NH Age: 19 Posts: 26,897	Once the backups are done, one of the files will be a .exe file, simply run it and it will install all your games back. Im not sure if you need steam to be installed first or not though. __________________ Desktop // Laptop Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4.0GHz // Core 2 Duo T9300 2.5GHz Asus Rampage Formula X48 // Intel PM965 ATI 4870X2 2GB GDDR5 // Dual 512MB GDDR3 8600M GT's SLI 4GB (2x 2GB) DDR2 940 // 3GB DDR2 667 DC 750GB SATA 3.0Gbps w/32MB // 400GB (2x 200GB) 7200RPM Creative SB X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty SilverStone 750W +12V@60A 3DMark06: 21366 // 7394

03-20-2006, 10:18 PM	#7 (permalink)
dragon2309 P.I Dragon Join Date: May 2005 Location: KENT, UK Age: 19 Posts: 8,333	ok, im backing up now, that sure does take a long time, ive currently got steam installed on both drives, the one on the new drive has picked up the ames from my steam account, and shows them as not installed, im backing them up from the steam on the old drive, its taking ages..... 7.8Gb of files to transfer, lol.... dragon __________________ Intel Core2Duo E6600 @ 3.1Ghz - (__CPU__) eVGA 680i SLi - (__MOB__) 4Gb Corsair Dominator DDR2-800 (4x1024Mb) - (__RAM__) 250Gb Western Digital SATAII 7200rpm - (__HDD__) nVidia BFG 8800GTS OC 320Mb - (__GFX__) LG DVD+/-RW 18x DVD-RAM - (__OPT__) Triple Boot - [XP Pro] + [Vista Ultimate] + [Ubuntu 7.10] - (__OS__) [3DMARK'03 :: 25,587] --- [3DMARK'05 :: 13,989] --- [3DMARK'06 :: 8791] - (__BENCHMARKS__) dragon2309.co.uk - a little slice of geek

03-20-2006, 10:55 PM	#8 (permalink)
[-0MEGA-] Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Concord, NH Age: 19 Posts: 26,897	lol, i would just transfer the games i play most often, then re-download the other ones when you have a chance. BTW, did you choose CD or DVD format? __________________ Desktop // Laptop Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4.0GHz // Core 2 Duo T9300 2.5GHz Asus Rampage Formula X48 // Intel PM965 ATI 4870X2 2GB GDDR5 // Dual 512MB GDDR3 8600M GT's SLI 4GB (2x 2GB) DDR2 940 // 3GB DDR2 667 DC 750GB SATA 3.0Gbps w/32MB // 400GB (2x 200GB) 7200RPM Creative SB X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty SilverStone 750W +12V@60A 3DMark06: 21366 // 7394

03-20-2006, 11:32 PM	#9 (permalink)
dragon2309 P.I Dragon Join Date: May 2005 Location: KENT, UK Age: 19 Posts: 8,333	oh man, i chose DVD format, is that a problem, cos it finished the backup and i started the .exe file and it gets near the end and shuts itself down with the generic error of: was i supposed to choose CD or am i supposed to burn those files to a DVD or what...? dragon __________________ Intel Core2Duo E6600 @ 3.1Ghz - (__CPU__) eVGA 680i SLi - (__MOB__) 4Gb Corsair Dominator DDR2-800 (4x1024Mb) - (__RAM__) 250Gb Western Digital SATAII 7200rpm - (__HDD__) nVidia BFG 8800GTS OC 320Mb - (__GFX__) LG DVD+/-RW 18x DVD-RAM - (__OPT__) Triple Boot - [XP Pro] + [Vista Ultimate] + [Ubuntu 7.10] - (__OS__) [3DMARK'03 :: 25,587] --- [3DMARK'05 :: 13,989] --- [3DMARK'06 :: 8791] - (__BENCHMARKS__) dragon2309.co.uk - a little slice of geek

03-21-2006, 05:05 PM	#10 (permalink)
dragon2309 P.I Dragon Join Date: May 2005 Location: KENT, UK Age: 19 Posts: 8,333	bump __________________ Intel Core2Duo E6600 @ 3.1Ghz - (__CPU__) eVGA 680i SLi - (__MOB__) 4Gb Corsair Dominator DDR2-800 (4x1024Mb) - (__RAM__) 250Gb Western Digital SATAII 7200rpm - (__HDD__) nVidia BFG 8800GTS OC 320Mb - (__GFX__) LG DVD+/-RW 18x DVD-RAM - (__OPT__) Triple Boot - [XP Pro] + [Vista Ultimate] + [Ubuntu 7.10] - (__OS__) [3DMARK'03 :: 25,587] --- [3DMARK'05 :: 13,989] --- [3DMARK'06 :: 8791] - (__BENCHMARKS__) dragon2309.co.uk - a little slice of geek

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