moving saved games

[jbunch07]

hey everyone!
quick question

does anyone know how to moved saved games from one hard drive to another?
here is the issue, im building a new computer, hard drive comes soon along with os, and i wanna move my saved games like NFSPS over to the new hard drive but i dont know where the saved games are actually saved and if it even possible to do this? im using vista btw. Ive looked around in my hard drive and stuff under the program data but i cant seem to find them, i also turned on the "show hidden folder,files" option in control...does anyone know what kind of file it would be and where it is and how to move it? sorry so many questions but ive never done this before....

thanks in advance!

[AsRock]

depends on game but normally today there in my documents.

For example
C:\Documents and Settings\Your Account Name\My Documents. And some not so many now have them were you installed your game.

[Pinchy]

Need for speed saves them in Documents doesnt it?

[jbunch07]

ahh it is there the one place i didnt look i feel like a dumbass...now is it possible to move them to new hard drive after i reinstall the game?

[pagalms]

Yep, NFS Prostreet and Most Wanted saves in My Documents. Some games, for example COD4 saves in their Program Files folder. NFSU2 saves somewhere in Documents and Settings.
Yes, you can just move them and they will work.

[Pinchy]

ahh it is there the one place i didnt look i feel like a dumbass...now is it possible to move them to new hard drive after i reinstall the game?

Yep Ive done it before without probs :)

Back them up before you reinstall though.

[jbunch07]

thanks pinchy
so basically all i have to is just put my saved file into the new folder after i reinstall the game?

[newtekie1]

Yes it is possible, I wish all the game companies would get together and just pick a standard place to put the save games, like the My Documents folder, to make backing up the saves easier when reformatting.

[Pinchy]

Yeah, copy the whole saved game folder into another location, re-install the game, then copy it back into the Documents folder.

[jbunch07]

Yeah, copy the whole saved game folder into another location, re-install the game, then copy it back into the Documents folder.

thanks again bud....will do!

[jbunch07]

Yes it is possible, I wish all the game companies would get together and just pick a standard place to put the save games, like the My Documents folder, to make backing up the saves when reformatting.

yea i wish they would do that to! it would make things so much easier!