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papadan · Jul 28, 2014

Hi, a quick question.
I'm having some problems with the drive I have steam installed on & am probably planning on doing a clean install on that drive. I have installed steam on a second drive.

If I then download Half Life 2 to this second drive & start to play, will I be able to pick up where I left off or have to start from the beginning? Are my save points on my drive or out on the cloud?

Thanks Dan

Janus67 · Jul 28, 2014

You actually should be able to copy/paste the entire steam directory to another folder and it will keep everything there.

papadan · Jul 28, 2014

Janus67 said:
You actually should be able to copy/paste the entire steam directory to another folder and it will keep everything there.

There's no registry entries that wouldn't be there by copying to a different drive?

ATMINSIDE · Jul 28, 2014

papadan said:
There's no registry entries that wouldn't be there by copying to a different drive?

As long as you point Steam to the new directory it should redo all the necessary registry entries.

Janus67 · Jul 28, 2014

Nopers, not really. I've rebuilt my OS drive numerous times and continue to use my steam directory on a different drive/partition. The only thing I had to do was create a shortcut for the Steam.exe to my desktop to open it. It will do it's thing and update and be done.

I would test this first before blowing it away, but should be fine.

save files for HL2 are located here:
program files/steam/steamapps/[steamusername]/half life 2/hl2/SAVE

assuming default folders of course.

papadan · Jul 28, 2014

Janus67 said:
Nopers, not really. I've rebuilt my OS drive numerous times and continue to use my steam directory on a different drive/partition. The only thing I had to do was create a shortcut for the Steam.exe to my desktop to open it. It will do it's thing and update and be done.

I would test this first before blowing it away, but should be fine.

save files for HL2 are located here:
program files/steam/steamapps/[steamusername]/half life 2/hl2/SAVE

assuming default folders of course.

So just copy that SAVE folder to the same place on the new drive & open steam.exe?

Janus67 · Jul 28, 2014

I believe so, give it a shot

papadan · Jul 28, 2014

ATMINSIDE said:
As long as you point Steam to the new directory it should redo all the necessary registry entries.

I'm pretty software challenged, would need directions on this.

ATMINSIDE · Jul 28, 2014

papadan said:
I'm pretty software challenged, would need directions on this.

All you do is add a new library location by going to Settings -> Downloads, then click Steam Library Folders and pick Add Library Folder.

Point the Add dialogue to the location you copied everything to.

papadan · Jul 28, 2014

ATMINSIDE said:
All you do is add a new library location by going to Settings -> Downloads, then click Steam Library Folders and pick Add Library Folder.

Point the Add dialogue to the location you copied everything to.

O.K, that gives me two things to try. I think I'll try Janus's first, much easier.

papadan · Jul 28, 2014

Here's an update. In the end I didn't have to do either thing. I downloaded HL2 & went out onto the new drive to have a look. Went to the save folder & it was full of saves :clap:

with old dates on the files. Ran HL2 & clicked load game & it was right there where I left off.

I guess steam does keep track of information somewhere.

ATM, I did look at what you said & that probably will come in handy at some time. Thanks.

Back to my problem on the other drive now.

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