External Hard Drive Setup??

OK, i know this is a stupid question, but i have never done this b4... im gonna get an external hard drive, like 500gb, to back up all my music, movies, pictures, and game files. how do i copy game files into my external, and will that enable me to copy them back onto a new comp hard drive later on after i install the games again? how does the backup of game files work, where are they on my comp?? (just bear with me..) thanks!

hmm, but i know there should be a way. i dont want to MOVE, just COPY. so that if my current hard drive crashes or whatever, i can reinstall the games ona new one, then paste the old files in so my progress, upgrades, rank etc. arent lost. how do u do that?

just copy and paste your profile files not the whole game

Theres nothing special to using an external drive - just plug it into your system and Windows should install it as a second hard drive on your system. The rest is just standard copying and pasting.

For games, you only really want to go for savegame files, backing up the whole game does little good. Games save file locations vary. Some store them in the same directory the game was installed in (Steam-based games / older titles). Most newer games create folders in your My Documents space for saves and config files. You're gonna have to spot-check each for the savegame files you wish to backup.

ah ok, this is another dumb question but where are the files usually? my documents, under their game name? or like start menu, right click on game name, etc?? oh and how will i know which ones are the right files?

1. Ok, first off. It doesn't cause problems to backup save games on a pc.
2. You can simply insert the saved game file, in the, saved game folder. might be called saves
3. if you want, copy the files to the backup hdd, from inside this folder.
4. when you want to, copy the files back into this folder, from the backup hdd

This way, you can uninstall the game, give your friend a saved game to test stuff. All you need to do is reinsert the save gamedata back into the save folder.

Whoever said it's not possible doesn't know what their talkin about. It's one reason PC gaming is nicer.

Where can I find my saved games folder. Like many others, I've chose to install my games onto an external hard drive, and a couple days ago, my comp screwed up, so I had to redo everything, and lost all my documents and applications. Now, I thought everything was still fine with the stuff in my hard drive, but when I try to play the games again, I found out all my saved game progress files were gone. So in order to prevent this from happening again, can somebody tell me where my games are saving? And how I can make them to save in the hard drive instead of my pc?

Where can I find my saved games folder. Like many others, I've chose to install my games onto an external hard drive, and a couple days ago, my comp screwed up, so I had to redo everything, and lost all my documents and applications. Now, I thought everything was still fine with the stuff in my hard drive, but when I try to play the games again, I found out all my saved game progress files were gone. So in order to prevent this from happening again, can somebody tell me where my games are saving? And how I can make them to save in the hard drive instead of my pc?

Hozukimaru

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Where can I find my saved games folder. Like many others, I've chose to install my games onto an external hard drive, and a couple days ago, my comp screwed up, so I had to redo everything, and lost all my documents and applications. Now, I thought everything was still fine with the stuff in my hard drive, but when I try to play the games again, I found out all my saved game progress files were gone. So in order to prevent this from happening again, can somebody tell me where my games are saving? And how I can make them to save in the hard drive instead of my pc?

markop2003

Thanks, I've found the save game files and moved the files into my hard drive. But if I save again in the future, will the saved files still save in the documents folder or in the folder I've created in my hard drive instead. Should I move the whole folder of the game or can I just move the saved game files?

[QUOTE="markop2003"][QUOTE="Hozukimaru"]

Where can I find my saved games folder. Like many others, I've chose to install my games onto an external hard drive, and a couple days ago, my comp screwed up, so I had to redo everything, and lost all my documents and applications. Now, I thought everything was still fine with the stuff in my hard drive, but when I try to play the games again, I found out all my saved game progress files were gone. So in order to prevent this from happening again, can somebody tell me where my games are saving? And how I can make them to save in the hard drive instead of my pc?

Hozukimaru

Thanks, I've found the save game files and moved the files into my hard drive. But if I save again in the future, will the saved files still save in the documents folder or in the folder I've created in my hard drive instead. Should I move the whole folder of the game or can I just move the saved game files?

How do I make the saved files go to the folder I want it to go to instead?Hozukimaru