Game Save Question

[Game Over]

I think I know how to do this but want to run it past you guys to make sure I am not making a mistake as I have not tried it before.

Ok, So I have the game "The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim" on my PC. Have had a great time with it but want to put it away for a while and get back to it in the near future. I want to remove it from my PC until that time as I need the space for another game and room for space hungry processes like Video Rendering Files. So do not want it there just taking up valuable storage Real Estate.

But I do not want to lose all my progress in the game by killing the game saves. I want to be able to back up my saves on my Thumb drive so I can start from where I left off when I do get around to re-installing the game at a later date.

I found the save files for Skyrim in DOCUMENTS>MYGAMES>SKYRIM.

This SKYRIM folder contains a folder called SAVES which in turn contains a bunch of ESS files which are my save points i believe.

I was thinking I would COPY-PASTE the SKYRIM folder to my thumb drive, Uninstall the game completely, then later... Re-install the game, Replace the games SKYRIM folder with my old one I put on the thumb drive.

I am thinking this would then make the game like I never left? All saves and progress like it was before I uninstalled the game?

Wanted to make sure this is the proper way to do it, Would really be annoyed if I tried to put the old save folder back and it just would not work because I missed something.

So what do you think, Is this the correct method? any other files I need to save? Any suggestions / Pointers appreciated.

Thanks.

 

[dugdiamond]

this is what i would do....

winrar the contents of the savegames folder..... with the winrar option to include paths and original datetimes.

i would also check the game folder itself... anything with a more-recent datetime than the original exe, i would include in the winrar archive also. (to be on the safe side)

but, this is just me.

when saving stuff like gamesaves, i also add a commented textfile to the 'save', with a note to oneself on where everything goes

 

[Game Over]

Thanks Bud, I took notes and will do just that.

I have decided to play it safe and leave Skyrim on the PC until I finish it for the first time, after that I do not need the save files for a new game. I have done some serious house cleaning on the drives, and moved some stuff around as well. So made room. After I finish the game I will try your suggestions and see if it works ok. If not no big deal, if it does work, I will know how to do it in the future.

What I need to do is break down and get myself a Large storage drive.

Thanks.