Backing up games

[DCIScouts]

On a logistical note, please use the edit button if you have something to add to a post. Thanks

 

[Brutus the Juggernaut]

Oh yeah, not used to this forum.

 

[Brutus the Juggernaut]

As it turns out I need to make like 3 partitions, it will only let me make a 13gb partition, even though I have around 35gb left.

 

[magicman]

Thanks. One last time, if I put my games and windows in the new partition and reformat my old partition everything will work?

I cannot stress this enough, as I'm still not convinced that you get it. You are not touching the installation of Windows, nor your games installations. You're saying "if I put my Windows here and my games there", you have to leave them where they are for them to work! All you are doing, is reducing the size of the existing partition down so there's less free space on the partition and a chunk of free space outside of it. Then you're creating your new partition in that gap, and transfering all your music, word documents or whatever you want onto that new partition, without touching any Windows or game files.

Do you follow that ok, because I'm afraid that you're going to inadvertantly wipe something here that you shouldn't.

 

[Brutus the Juggernaut]

Then this whole thread was useless. I wanted to move my games and Windows to the new partition, wipe C:, move everything back to C: and delete the new partition. Oh well.

 

[magicman]

Well I already established with you in the first reply that that wouldn't be possible. You were looking for a way to create another partition, and all I was trying to get through to you was that to do so you have to reduce the size of the existing partition instead of moving anything.

I'm sorry it took 25 posts for you to see that.

 

[Brutus the Juggernaut]

Eh, Im stupid. Atleast I have some posts now. For some reason it made sense to me that Windows and Games would work if you just moved them to a different drive.

 

[Brutus the Juggernaut]

As it turns out, it doesnt matter either wat. The demo versions of asically every partitioner just shows you wha it looks like, it doesnt actually partition.

 

[Brutus the Juggernaut]

Another question, if I back up my games onto an external HD, then transfer the games onto a new computer, will the games work as normal?

 

[DCIScouts]

Nope. The problem is that you are trying to transfer a program off of it's home location, and away from the registry. Once the registry and home location are de-sychronized, you can no longer run the program. I forget whether you were trying to salvage the programs, or just some parts of it. If you are trying to salvage some data files, you can probably back those up and then reload them again.

 

[Brutus the Juggernaut]

Well then that sucks. That means I have to re-purchase a lot of games.