How do I save my game and mod setup when reinstalling computer?

[mileafly]

Say that I mod a game (my next game I will mod will probably be Morrowind) and I have everything set up nicely exactly as I want it. But then I need to reinstall my computer or perhaps I buy a new computer, but I want to have all my modding and games exactly as I left them. How can I achieve this? Is there some Nexus folders and libraries I can copy and then paste in in the new computer without having to go through the whole process of fixing all my mods again? (which often takes a week or so for me)

 

I actually had Morrowind on Steam and I save my whole Steam morrowind folder the last time, but after I pasted that in, the game won't even start so that did not work well..

[Ghaunadaur]

Hi

 

you need a NAS system and professional backup software like Acronis.

[Thandal]

You don't need a NAS set-up, (or anything more than Windows) to do a back-up, either a full system one or a partial. And in most situations you won't need a full back-up. You'll just need copies of the folders that contain the mods. Although without a full back-up, (also called a "system image") you'd have to re-install your games themselves anyway. When you tried to do this for Morrowind, it was probably the game configuration that wasn't quite right.

 

But unless you go the full system image/restore route you *will* need a complete understanding of where your mods are located and how they interact with your game(s). If they were all installed manually, then just a copy of the folder is usually enough. If you used a "mod manager", you'll need to know how that works, what connections to the games and your OS it used, etc.

 

In other words, re-creating your exact set-up on a wiped (or another) machine requires either completely re-creating THE EXACT SAME MACHINE, or knowing your way around your own mods well enough to know that's not needed.

[mileafly]

You don't need a NAS set-up, (or anything more than Windows) to do a back-up, either a full system one or a partial. And in most situations you won't need a full back-up. You'll just need copies of the folders that contain the mods. Although without a full back-up, (also called a "system image") you'd have to re-install your games themselves anyway. When you tried to do this for Morrowind, it was probably the game configuration that wasn't quite right.

 

But unless you go the full system image/restore route you *will* need a complete understanding of where your mods are located and how they interact with your game(s). If they were all installed manually, then just a copy of the folder is usually enough. If you used a "mod manager", you'll need to know how that works, what connections to the games and your OS it used, etc.

 

In other words, re-creating your exact set-up on a wiped (or another) machine requires either completely re-creating THE EXACT SAME MACHINE, or knowing your way around your own mods well enough to know that's not needed.

 

Hmm sounds very complicated :/ I wish it was easier to do in the future. One problem is that you might use a set of mods for a character and then if you want to go back to that characters years later on another computer it is very hard to know exactly what mods you need to install to have the same setup and not get any inconsistencies and errors :/