Moving a Steam game folder from old Hard Drive to SSD

[dostfez]

Recently my hard drive crapped out (causing corrupt Windows data and Windows was reinstalled. and a new SSD was installed.

Now all my games are uninstalled, and any progress I made in said games is also gone. Like 964 hours or so in Grim Dawn alone!

However, I do have the game files on the old hard drive which was saved.

So I ask can I move the old game data from my old hard drive to the new SD, and if so how? Would that restore my old characters and progress?

Upon looking at "library folders" it does not show any on the old drive even though I can see them.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

[powbam]

Escrito originalmente por dostfez:

My Grim Dawn (and all my other game folders) are currently found at

D: local disk -Program files (x86)- Steam-Steam Apps-common

My OS is now on my new (SSD) C drive where I had to redownload Steam as my old hard drive crapped out.

Honestly you should just be able to copy all of the games in the "common" folder and overwrite the "common" folder on your new C drive. Then restart Steam and try to run/install one of the games that was copied over and Steam should end up detecting everything.

I've done this before in the past with little issue.

You aren't going to hurt anything doing a simple copy and paste routine. Nothing that can't be sorted out. Once it works out to your satisfaction then feel free to delete the duplicates on the old "D" drive. I see no reason for this to be made anymore complicated, it's an all-around simple process.

[Ficelle]

I still think you are mixing 2 things, OP

Game files located in Steam folder...all your Steam games
Saves files located in Documents folder...all the saves from these games

Saves from Grim Dawn (character, maps, recipes...) are not located in the general game files (Steam folder)

Provided you can still read and access your old messy HD, you can retrieve these files
Simple copy pasta

[dostfez]

Yes I probably am mixing things, as I assumed everything related to Grim Dawn (for example ) would be in the Grim Dawn folder.
I guess this isn't the case as a few people have remarked.
I will try and find that "documents" folder...

[Ancient]

Create a new steam library in D:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\

The client should see all your old games you had installed there. You have to manually click install and then select that library on D:\ for each game and Steam should scan the folder and find that you already have the game files there. Then once Steam knows you have a library there and GD installed to it, you can use Steam's built-in move function to move the install to your C:\ steam library.

Your saves were probably located on your old C:\ drive in C:\Users\<yourname>\Documents\My Games\Grim Dawn\ and may be lost unless you had Steam Cloud enabled for the game or you have a backup of your ..\Documents\ folders you can restore.

[dostfez]

I have located the saved games files for Grim Dawn (and other games). It is correct as several have pointed out in a different place. So now I know at least I have both the game files (steam folder) and save files (User documents Grim Dawn), So now just the correct way to move them to the new SSD!..

[gNuff!~©~gNom3™]

Escrito originalmente por dostfez:

I have located the saved games files for Grim Dawn (and other games). It is correct as several have pointed out in a different place. So now I know at least I have both the game files (steam folder) and save files (User documents Grim Dawn), So now just the correct way to move them to the new SSD!..

copy, paste, that's it
if you had your save games, you just move them to the identical place in the new drive
so if old drive was documents/grim dawn, you move them to the same place in new drive
if old game was "drive:"(ex C or E)\steam\userdata\"user number"\219990\remote, then you move that folder to the new, so if you used to have steam on E, but now have steam on C, then you still just need to move the save folder inside "remote" to your new steam path C:\C:\Program Files (x86)\steam\userdata\folder numbers\219990\remote -and place the save folder in that new remote folder
your save location on your new drive will vary depending on whether you have cloud saves enabled or disabled (disabled in game will move them to documents, cloud enabled = "remote" folder in steam userdata), but either way, just copy your save folder to the appropriate location on your new ssd, and make sure it corresponds to your game settings
cloud off = local saves in documents grim dawn location
cloud on= steamapp remote folder

[Ficelle]

Copy paste works fine to transfer saves

Now, id i were you, i would copy paste the whole old Documents folder in a safe place on a working HD first...to avoid letting all my saves from all my games rotting on a messy dying HD

[dostfez]

So I need to first off download Grim Dawn again.
Then add The old D drive to the Steam game folders.
Steam should recognize I have those games correct?
Then use the the Steam client to move the game to the new drive.
Once the location for saved games is created on the new drive....copy and paste the old save files to the new saves location.
Does that sound correct?

It's funny (and sad) I modded New Vegas to run stable with over 50 mods a few years ago and am like rather inept at this. Then again that Gopher guy had good tutorials...lolz.

[dostfez]

Escrito originalmente por Ficelle:

Copy paste works fine to transfer saves

Now, id i were you, i would copy paste the whole old Documents folder in a safe place on a working HD first...to avoid letting all my saves from all my games rotting on a messy dying HD

You are totally correct. I am pissed at myself for not having a clean hard drive installed while my computer was in the shop. No way the SSD takes all my games as I had no idea of the space limitations on a SSD.

Then again I don't plays as much as I once did and rarely more than a few games at once so maybe it's not so bad.

[Ficelle]

Escrito originalmente por dostfez:

So I need to first off download Grim Dawn again.
Then add The old D drive to the Steam game folders.
Steam should recognize I have those games correct?
Then use the the Steam client to move the game to the new drive.
Once the location for saved games is created on the new drive....copy and paste the old save files to the new saves location.
Does that sound correct?

It's funny (and sad) I modded New Vegas to run stable with over 50 mods a few years ago and am like rather inept at this. Then again that Gopher guy had good tutorials...lolz.

Not sure it will work that way

Your old HD was probably the C disk (because system...) and is no more
So, many file pathes are probaby wrong now, including Steam ones
You could play with the appmanifest files and copy pasta, but it is a litttle too advanced for you it seems

Plus, you probably want a clean Steam install on a working disk


In my opinion, you should just do a clean Steam install on a fresh disk, then download game the normal way, then get back your old saves
It will take longer, but it is guaranted to work wihtout headaches or bugs

[dostfez]

Ok I have done a clean Steam install on the new drive. So basically just download Grim Dawn as I normally would (it is in my games library on the new drive but not installed , like all my other games) then just copy paste the old saves to wherever the the new files is located....?

Yes my old HD was the C disc and is now the D disc

[gNuff!~©~gNom3™]

Escrito originalmente por dostfez:

Ok I have done a clean Steam install on the new drive. So basically just download Grim Dawn as I normally would (it is in my games library on the new drive but not installed , like all my other games) then just copy paste the old saves to wherever the the new files is located....?

yes

[dostfez]

So I downloaded GD fresh...copied the save files from the old drive..put them in the same folder on the new drive...let them overwrite files of the same name....and....my characters have returned!!!

I verified file integrity and it didn't read any issues.

Haven't fully tested but loaded a character and it seemed fine. (maps/inventory/quest etc.)

So I am hoping this basic method will work ok with some of my other games.

My thanks to all those that offered their input to this thread!

[Ficelle]

Eheh, glad it worked ;D

It should work exactly the same for all other games