Getting back Steam Screenshots

[SaxMann]

Is there a way to get back my steam screenshots from my old pc?

[Hodman]

If you didn't upload them or have a back up somewhere no.

[Zekiran]

Are they on an old hard drive? Or did you reformat the drive they were on?

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

From the other PC Steam folder...

Steam\userdata\YOUR USER ID#\760\remote\

[Kesac]

Well, there are WAYS if you still have the old hard drive and haven't formatted it, just have to locate them on the old PC's hard drive -- possibly by putting the old hard drive in your new machine or using a special USB adapter for internal hard drives.

[SaxMann]

Originally posted by Zekiran:

Are they on an old hard drive? Or did you reformat the drive they were on?

Old.

[SaxMann]

Originally posted by Kesac:

Well, there are WAYS if you still have the old hard drive and haven't formatted it, just have to locate them on the old PC's hard drive -- possibly by putting the old hard drive in your new machine or using a special USB adapter for internal hard drives.

I'm listening.

[Jack Schitt]

Screenshots you've uploaded are still there in your gallery. They are also stored locally in a folder dedicated for screenshots organized by the game's ID (number) in Steam\userdata\ > Folder with numbers > Numbered Folder

For games you have local screenshots saved for on the old computer there should be a Remote folder in there, then another folder of numbers (the Game's ID) > screenshots.

Example:
Screenshots I have for Battlezone 98 Redux are in:
Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata\35512729\760\remote\301650\screenshots

35512729 is my personal Steam_ID. Yours will be a different number. It will be your Steam_ID.

bz98 redux's game ID is 301650. Each game has a different ID therefore each game will have a different set of userdata folders. Some saved game info will be there as well as screenshots (if you've taken any from that game), etc.

You can try but I'm not sure copying the entire userdata folder is the best idea. Some of the files in it might be system config setting files that might conflict with your new system. I would just copy the screenshots to avoid the possibility of causing an issue.

[Zekiran]

Then go get the hard drive, plug it into your machine, and use it as a data drive?

If you don't have one, there's a REALLY nifty kit that is an adaptor between SATA/IDE drives and USB plugs. it comes with a power supply (so it's 1000000% important to have a GROUNDED computer when doing this, don't do it with a laptop if it's not plugged in) so you basically hook up the drive, plug it into the connectors, and use it like an external drive.

They're maybe 20 bucks online. highly recommend to have, because you can also rescue 'apparently dead' drives data with it.