Transfering Steam from My Old pc to New one

[Y2K]

Hey Guys.I Just Bought and Installed GTA V for pc through Steam and it was hell tiring to wait for 2 weeks,Yes my net Sucks.I am going to buy a new pc and was wondering if i could just Copy/Paste my Whole Steam Folder which is in my D Drive not C Instead of Copying the Steam apps and all that other things ?
Thanks for ur help :D ?

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//edit// My bad, Grand Theft Auto V does not support cloud saving. You will need to backup your save file to not lose progress.

Yes. Just make sure any other games you want to play support cloud saving, otherwise you will need to find and backup their save files individually.

[Y2K]

Moeroris Actually i only have 1 game which is GTA V ?

[Y2K]

I also have to Verify Integrity of Game Cache ?

[76561193857876471]

You can copy the Steam folder, just make sure you backup GTA V's save file as it may not be in the Steam folder. You shouldn't have to verify the integrity of the game cache, though you can if you want to, as Steam will do that on your new computer anyways.

[Y2K]

Alright so Moeroris if i Copy my entire Steam folder into my new pc and start it up would gta v still work or am i going to have to install it all over again.Btw Savefiles for me are in Documents/RockStar Games and so on so i just copy/paste that in my new pc too right ?

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Originally posted by Yahya_J:

Alright so Moeroris if i Copy my entire Steam folder into my new pc and start it up would gta v still work or am i going to have to install it all over again.Btw Savefiles for me are in Documents/RockStar Games and so on so i just copy/paste that in my new pc too right ?

You will not need to download GTA V again. It will verify the files when you first start it. Just install Steam on the new computer, then paste the old Steam folder in the same location. You don't have to overwrite the existing files, just copy the new files. //edit// Yes, just make sure the saves go back in the correct folder.

[Y2K]

What happens if i just paste my Old Steam Folder without downloading another steam folder ?

[Y2K]

it wont work or something

[76561193857876471]

I don't believe that would work, no. I would install Steam first, then paste the folders,

[Y2K]

Allright btw if i first download New Steam and Paste my Old Steam Folder,Woudnt i have to overwrite ?

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Windows will prompt you. You can overwrite if you want, but you don't need the existing files, so you should also be able to choose "Ignore'.

[Y2K]

so just overwright over the Steamapps Folder since thats where GTA V is going ?

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My personal suggestion would be when asked to overwrite a file, choose "Ignore". You already have a copy of the file, so it's not necessary to overwrite. You should not receive an overwrite prompt for Grand Theft Auto V files, as they will not already exist on the new installation.

[Y2K]

Im just asking that if i Overwright the new steam with the previous steam folder and GTA V just goes to its original place which is in the steamapps,common folder will it work ?

[Y2K]

btw there's a skip option not a Ignore
//edit// Sorry theres a Dont Move Option too