bolulu Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 My IT bloke (I'm useless myself) just told me that my Hard Drive is knackered & needs changing. Also suggests I install a more up-to-date Windows (currently run "Vista", presume he is suggesting "7"?) system. Since these will fundamentally re-start my stuff from scratch, how will my saved games come out in the end? Are they kept on Steam? Will they still be available? Sorry if these questions sound dumb but I'm 68 & computers is one of many areas I am finding that age & experience doesn't help you! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
omarm88 Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Steam does not save your games. All your games are saved on the hard drive in this folder: C:\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2012\games Reinstalling your system/changing hard drive will lose all the data on your computer. Simply copy the saved game you want into a USB stick / CD or even email it to yourself. Once you have reinstalled everything download Steam and from there you can download FM12 again. Then simply copy back your saved game into the same directory as above. Pretty simple really. If you have saved tactics/training schedules and other info you can also copy it the same way as your saved game. Just make sure you remember which folder they go into. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiseee Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Steam does not save your games. All your games are saved on the hard drive in this folder: C:\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2012\games You got the beginning part wrong, it's: C:\Users\[your username]\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2012\games Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welshace Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 but yeah... you need to manually copy them somewhere else.. like a usb drive or a disc or like they said... email them to yourself ... then once your new system is up and running... download the game, make sure its up to date and just copy your files over to the same place again Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiseee Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 but yeah... you need to manually copy them somewhere else.. like a usb drive or a disc or like they said... email them to yourself ...then once your new system is up and running... download the game, make sure its up to date and just copy your files over to the same place again The file sizes would be far too large to email, even if they're compressed they'd still be at least 50mb. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welshace Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 use dropbox or the like.. simples Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smurf Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 use dropbox or the like.. simples dropbox for the win! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
haz32 Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 I just want to say kudos for playing Football Manager at 68! It's an admirable thing to keep up to date with technology, I'm 21 and I don't understand any of these things. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
laBOMBA Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 I just want to say kudos for playing Football Manager at 68! It's an admirable thing to keep up to date with technology, I'm 21 and I don't understand any of these things. Indeed, great to see fm is being played by a variety of generations! I wonder how FM would look like when I turn 68. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeBaiton Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 Assuming your old harddrive is still accessible (knackered but not dead), let IT bloke put the savegames (plus other things you might want to save) on a USB stick for you. Or ask him to transfer whatever can be saved data-wise to the new harddrive once he's done installing a new drive with a new version of windows Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WizbaII Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 May I say that many 68 year olds probably don't know how to post on a forum. And many 18 year olds don't know how to save their FM games, either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
milnerpoint Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 Yeah get your save onto a USB stick or dropbox is brilliant for something like this. Kudos for still playing at 68! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiseee Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 Only problem with dropbox is if he's not got a connection with a super fast upload speed he could be waiting a very long time to for it to upload! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolulu Posted October 5, 2012 Author Share Posted October 5, 2012 Thx for the advice chaps! Rather than farting about with "sticks" & stuff, I reckon I will try to hold out & continue puddling along playing 2012 with the system as it is. I will gear up the recommended "tripe transfer" to take place when 2013 version is available (in a couple of weeks?) & just move seamlessly on to the new game. Once a new version is out, I never play the old one again. Apprec. your input everyone. Glad I mentioned my "wrinkly challanged" nature & got the sympathy vote. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grep Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 Thx for the advice chaps!Rather than farting about with "sticks" & stuff, I reckon I will try to hold out & continue puddling along playing 2012 with the system as it is. I will gear up the recommended "tripe transfer" to take place when 2013 version is available (in a couple of weeks?) & just move seamlessly on to the new game. Once a new version is out, I never play the old one again. Apprec. your input everyone. Glad I mentioned my "wrinkly challanged" nature & got the sympathy vote. I am an IT guy, if you need help or have questions just ask me in PM. Don't be shy, there is no stupid question ,only stupid answers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArsenalWalcott Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 16GB Memory-Stick is all thats needed - Job done! **Note only use dropbox for one computer, don't use it if you keep switching from a PC or Laptop to play the game - Everything Will Go Horribly Wrong ... lol "The only stupid question is the question you don't ask." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JockStein1967 Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 Indeed, great to see fm is being played by a variety of generations! I wonder how FM would look like when I turn 68.[/QUOTYour FM save may not let You make 68.....lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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