Game Transfer from Old PC
Hey i wanted to transfer my old games and their saves to my new laptop but i cant add a folder to a USB flash and it doesnt have a HDD port and i couldnt transfer files to my HDD when i tried to use the normal USB port. How can i transfer my stuff over without an external memory?
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Why would you need to add a folder to a flash drive (regardless of why you can't which is odd)?

You can simply copy all the game folders you can fit on there - no new folder creations required. Then just make sure you copy ALL the file correctly in the right place, add the destination folder in Steam where you've put them and it should see them.

But this might be a bit messy as flash drives are likely to be small and it could take ages of faffing around depending on how many games you have.
Best approach is what I do - buy an external hard drive. Even a bog standard USB 3 1TB drive is only £40.




Naposledy upravil crunchyfrog; 31. říj. 2020 v 19.09
You could attempt using a service for hosting such as Google Drive or MEGA: upload them from the old computer and download them on the new one?
crunchyfrog původně napsal:
Why would you need to add a folder to a flash drive (regardless of why you can't which is odd)?

You can simply copy all the game folders you can fit on there - no new folder creations required. Then just make sure you copy ALL the file correctly in the right place, add the destination folder in Steam where you've put them and it should see them.

But this might be a bit messy as flash drives are likely to be small and it could take ages of faffing around depending on how many games you have.
Best approach is what I do - buy an external hard drive. Even a bog standard USB 3 1TB drive is only £40.


steam doesnt allow you to create a new file library folder on a flash. and my external i use on my new one has a dedicated memory usb port thing which my old one doesnt and for some reason even tho it will register that I have my E:Drive plugged into the laptop and let me see the files when its in a USB 3 port on the old one. steam wont give me the option to transfer game files
How much space is on this pen drive?
Just so I understand you.
USB drives should now be USB 3
Make a new folder like rightclick an empty space make new folder on the USB pen call it games.
Make another new folder call it screenshots
Make a new folder call it ACF files.

Then just copy files from each of the Steam folder as is.
Copy the steam appdata /common folder of games one game by one if necessary also insure you grab the appmenfest files in the SteamApps

also the Steam > userdata< this one contains all you screenshots.

Open each folder once connected to the new PC and copy out each game and or files to the default Steam directory of the same so its added to them.
Games will go to Steam programfilesx86 into the SteamApps/common
ACF into steamApps
Screenshots into Usedata.

If you can afford it you're better off buying an USB 3 expansion drive , like I have a 5TB Seagate expansion drive and made a new folder STEAM on it then just moved my games to this. made a new library pointed it to this expansion drive STEAM folder.
I now have 2 libraries in Steam>settings>Downloads>Library folders.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2141348697
Follow this guide:
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=7418-YUBN-8129

The guide linked above explains step by step how to move game files from one folder to another. It works the same way for moving games from one computer to another.

Some of the many ways you can move files:
1. If you have a flash drive with enough free space on it copy the files from the old computer to the flash drive and then copy them from the flash drive on to the new computer. Then follow the guide on how to tell Steam where the game files are.

2. Use your LAN network to transfer the files from the old computer to the new one. Then follow the guide on how to tell Steam where the game files are.

3. Write the game files to a CD / DVD and copy them to the new computer. Then follow the guide on how to tell Steam where the game files are.

4. If you have a fast internet connection install the Steam Client on the new computer and download the games.

danielr původně napsal:
You could attempt using a service for hosting such as Google Drive or MEGA: upload them from the old computer and download them on the new one?

Please. Don't bother with this asinine suggestion. Why in the world would anyone upload a ton of files to download them somewhere else? If you're going to do that? See number 4 above. Why bother doing it that way? Just download them.
Just copy paste, or download
FunkyFranks původně napsal:
crunchyfrog původně napsal:
Why would you need to add a folder to a flash drive (regardless of why you can't which is odd)?

You can simply copy all the game folders you can fit on there - no new folder creations required. Then just make sure you copy ALL the file correctly in the right place, add the destination folder in Steam where you've put them and it should see them.

But this might be a bit messy as flash drives are likely to be small and it could take ages of faffing around depending on how many games you have.
Best approach is what I do - buy an external hard drive. Even a bog standard USB 3 1TB drive is only £40.


steam doesnt allow you to create a new file library folder on a flash. and my external i use on my new one has a dedicated memory usb port thing which my old one doesnt and for some reason even tho it will register that I have my E:Drive plugged into the laptop and let me see the files when its in a USB 3 port on the old one. steam wont give me the option to transfer game files

Oh I was talking manually.

It can be done if you just transfer the files manually and don't use Steam's in built system for this one.

Again, as long as you make sure you copy all the correct files including vcf files and so on.


But as I said this is not a great way to go about it as pendrives are tiny and it's a lot of messing about.
The times I have done it I have done it through my LAN or an external drive. I have not used the 'backup' feature.
Jack Schitt původně napsal:
Follow this guide:
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=7418-YUBN-8129

The guide linked above explains step by step how to move game files from one folder to another. It works the same way for moving games from one computer to another.

Some of the many ways you can move files:
1. If you have a flash drive with enough free space on it copy the files from the old computer to the flash drive and then copy them from the flash drive on to the new computer. Then follow the guide on how to tell Steam where the game files are.

2. Use your LAN network to transfer the files from the old computer to the new one. Then follow the guide on how to tell Steam where the game files are.

3. Write the game files to a CD / DVD and copy them to the new computer. Then follow the guide on how to tell Steam where the game files are.

4. If you have a fast internet connection install the Steam Client on the new computer and download the games.

danielr původně napsal:
You could attempt using a service for hosting such as Google Drive or MEGA: upload them from the old computer and download them on the new one?

Please. Don't bother with this asinine suggestion. Why in the world would anyone upload a ton of files to download them somewhere else? If you're going to do that? See number 4 above. Why bother doing it that way? Just download them.

see i had actually tried number 4 before because i figured all the data would transfer but it didnt transfer any save data for any of the games :( idk maybe i am just challenged
Saves are located elsewhere. Game files are always stuck in the steamapps folder, but saves can be ANYWHERE on your PC.

That's why programs like Game Save Manager are a must because it does all the collating for you.
FunkyFranks původně napsal:
Jack Schitt původně napsal:
4. If you have a fast internet connection install the Steam Client on the new computer and download the games.

see i had actually tried number 4 before because i figured all the data would transfer but it didnt transfer any save data for any of the games :( idk maybe i am just challenged

That's because not all games participate in cloud storage. The games that don't participate in cloud storage, and there are a lot of them especially games that don't have multiplayer and don't store things online, store saved games and content and custom settings data in other location on the (old) computer.

If you're using a Windows Operating System sometimes that data is in the %appdata% folder. To get there on the old computer open File Explorer or press WinKey+R and type %appdata%. That will land you in the appdata/roaming folder. Search that folder for a folder named similar to either the game or the game's developer. If it's not in the appdata/roaming folder go up (back) a directory and look in both the Local and LocalLow folders for it.

Some games put that kind of content in My Documents folders. Other games place it somewhere else on the computer like maybe on the C:\ in a folder it creates there. Not all games work exactly the same.

That (saved games, content, custom settings files) kind of content is what can be pretty easily moved with a flash drive. That data shouldn't accumulate to being too large to fit on a flash drive for each game. If you have hundreds of games you'll then have to make trips between both computers to get your saved games and other content on to the new one.

If you can't figure out where each game puts that stuff Google is your friend: "Where does [game name] store saved game files on my computer?"
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