transferring Steam to another HDD AND installing a new OS.

[haggis-cream]

Hi, I don't know what to do with Steam!

I'm doing a major hardware upgrade, requiring my main disk, C:, to be formatted, (a new OS will then be installed, XP Pro instead of Home).
I also have a secondary E: disk, but since that doesn't have an OS, it doesn't need to be formatted.

My question is, Steampowered.com says I can transfer Steam form one HDD to another, fine. But the new OS wont recognise something originally installed with the old OS, right?

So do I have to completely reinstall Steam after my long-awaited upgrade? (Sorry if this doesn't read very eloquently, its just that I'm not quite sure how to word this...)

Has anyone been in a similar situation? Any help would be appreciated...

 

[haggis-cream]

OK, on second thought this thread is probably in the wrong place, how very noobish of me... sorry.

 

[Varsity]

The new OS won't recognise Steam, but Steam will sort all that out itself. Copy the folder, delete ClientRegistry.blob, run the executable and you're done.

 

[Loc-Dog]

Worked fine for me. I linked my new computer with my old one, and then copied the Steam folder straight into the Programs folder of the new one. No problem.

 

[giant384]

dont copy the steam folder just copy your screenname folder then install a new steam because the new windows wouldnt recognize it in the registry then copy the screenname folder in there

 

[_-_-SELAS-_-_]

I simply have all my games on my D drive and I havent had problems just reinstalling windows, but if u install on a different computer I would recommend doing a complete reinstall from scratch. So that none of the old settings etc. slows it down.