Backing up a game AND the Nexus Mods Manager info ?

[sabinou]

Hello!

 

I wonder if I could ask you for advice, if that's not asking too much :smile:

 

You see, I would like to make a backup of BOTH my Skyrim game, and my Nexus Mods Manager information.

 

At the present time, I know that a backup of Skyrim requires to save "c:\Program Files (x86)\The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim\*" and also "C:\Users\Sabin\Documents\My Games\Skyrim\*"

If, some day, my hard disk dies and I want to play Skyrim again, I can simply restore those two folders from a backup, and I'm good to go.

 

... however, restoring those two folders will give me a fully working game, BUT I will not be able to use the Nexus Mods Manager to activate or deactivate mods anymore, isn't that right ?

 

(This "isn't that right" is an open, earnest question, I am not sure)

 

And in that case, would you know which additional folders would require to be backed up ?

I have the Nexus Mods Manager program installed in "c:\Program Files (x86)\Nexus Mod Manager\Skyrim\*" : would that be that one ?

Or would another important folder have to be added to the backups ?

 

I would be tempted to backup everything and call it a day, but file sizes matter, too ^^

My "Program Files" Skyrim folder is 18 GB large, my Nexus Mods Manager folder is almost 6 GB large... My saves folder is half a gig... I'm not even sure I'm not forgetting other important folders... So, I don't want to make mistakes and regret it later, let us say :smile:

 

Thanks a lot if you can give me your opinion on it, if I have the proper folders, or if some huge folders can be left out to reduce the size of the backup :smile:

Edited July 5, 2015 by sabinou