HDD failure - how to best save my load order for a new install

[Poolshark78]

hey people,

 

unfortunately the vortex warning pop up I was getting when deploying my mods was true: my hdd has way too many uncorrectable errors and I will have to replace it.

How do I transfer my modlist the best way? I dont know yet whether I can copy files from the hdd to another drive to save the actual files or file structures, but given I can still do that, how do I approach this to shorten the process when reinstalling everything the most?

 

Help would be highly appreciated, thank you. (189 plugins, 394 mods)

[HadToRegister]

you need to back up your C:\users\YOURNAME\appdata\roaming\Vortex folder

[Poolshark78]

you need to back up your C:\users\YOURNAME\appdata\roaming\Vortex folder

Thanks! Thats good news because C:\ is the boot drive with the OS which will remain untouched. How would I reinstall the mods with a new vortex and SSE installation then?

[HadToRegister]

 

you need to back up your C:\users\YOURNAME\appdata\roaming\Vortex folder

Thanks! Thats good news because C:\ is the boot drive with the OS which will remain untouched. How would I reinstall the mods with a new vortex and SSE installation then?

 

 

 

You need to PURGE the mods first with Vortex.

So it severs the Links between the mod staging folder and the game folder.

 

Since you're looking to uninstall and reinstall, you can just go to the MOD TAB, select any Mod, and hit CTRL+A, then select REMOVE at the bottom with the little white menu that appears, DO NOT check the DELETE box.

 

Then you can backup your Vortex DOWNLOADS folder wherever you have it installed) you can find it, by looking at SETTINGS----->DOWNLOADS

 

navigate to hat folder in Windows, and COPY it to another drive, or thumbdrive etc in order to back it up, that way you wont have to redownload all your mods again