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    Falling in love with STEAM - but a question

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by josmol, Mar 12, 2010.

  1. josmol

    josmol Notebook Consultant

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    I've been doing the gaming laptop thing for a couple of years now but it's time to retire her and move into a more powerful system. Steam offered an amazing deal yesterday and on Wednesday that I couldn't pass up so purchased several games and I'm just loving every minute of it.

    The question is when I move into a better system and ebay the system I have now will steam allow me to download & play all of the purchased games over on the new system?

    I'm sure the answer is on their site but I'm at work now and gaming sites are blocked.
     
    josmol, Mar 12, 2010
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  2. ArmageddonAsh

    ArmageddonAsh Mangekyo Sharingan

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    Yes they will!
    you can backup your games so that you dont have to redownload them as well
     
    ArmageddonAsh, Mar 12, 2010
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  3. usapatriot

    usapatriot Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Of course it will. You can download and install all your STEAM games onto as many computers as many times as you want.
     
    usapatriot, Mar 12, 2010
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  4. Pitabred

    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    I have two gaming computers, my desktop and my laptop. I don't use them at the same time, so I can log into steam on either one at any time and play any Steam game I've bought. I actually loaded the games on my laptop by following the backup procedure on Steam so I didn't have to re-download all 12 gigs or whatever it was.
     
    Pitabred, Mar 12, 2010
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  5. aznguyen316

    aznguyen316 Rock Chalk Jayhawk

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    yes backup feature is amazing.. especially when you have 60GB+ of steam games to reinstall, saves downloading on a 3mpbs line haha =D
     
    aznguyen316, Mar 12, 2010
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  6. Kevin

    Kevin Egregious

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    I just copy the entire Steam folder, but also remember to copy over the My Documents folder, as that's where all of your saves are.
     
    Kevin, Mar 12, 2010
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  7. StormEffect

    StormEffect Lazer. *pew pew*

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    That's where MOST of your save games are. ;)

    (To get ALL save games you'll want to copy Documents and Save Games and AppData from the primary User folder. Also grab the ProgramData folder if you want to be absolutely sure).
     
    StormEffect, Mar 12, 2010
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  8. trvelbug

    trvelbug Notebook Prophet

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    can you ost a linl to this backup procedure?
    thanks
     
    trvelbug, Mar 12, 2010
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  9. aznguyen316

    aznguyen316 Rock Chalk Jayhawk

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    In steam go to file -> backup and for hdd backups make file size large number
     
    aznguyen316, Mar 12, 2010
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  10. trvelbug

    trvelbug Notebook Prophet

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    thanks man
    ill try that out
     
    trvelbug, Mar 12, 2010
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  11. SoundOf1HandClapping

    SoundOf1HandClapping Was once a Forge

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    In the words of Zoey: "Mmmm... I love steam."
     
    SoundOf1HandClapping, Mar 12, 2010
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  12. joehempel

    joehempel Notebook Consultant

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    I HATE STEAM....only because their deals empty my wallet ;)
     
    joehempel, Mar 13, 2010
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  13. sean473

    sean473 Notebook Prophet

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    I hate steam since it is hard to use and has a lot of problems....
     
    sean473, Mar 13, 2010
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  14. Kocane

    Kocane Notebook Deity

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    lol? Both wrong, man...
     
    Kocane, Mar 13, 2010
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  15. sean473

    sean473 Notebook Prophet

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    lol steam's very irritating... loads very slowly... has problem with my old computer and its firewall and lagg... i prefer staying away from it and really hate it.
     
    sean473, Mar 14, 2010
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