If I reformat my HD...

~~blinkk~~ · 05-18-2009, 08:06 PM

I know I lose everything. But I bought all my games from Steam. When I get my Os and steam back on will I be able to just re-download and install the games? Or will I need to back them up???

Thanks

123456iambelial · 05-18-2009, 09:55 PM

As far as I know, yes. I think all you have to do is install steam to your reformated HDD and reinstall the game. Just to make sure call steam or post a thread to their forum about this.

Mcninjaguy · 05-18-2009, 11:34 PM

The games you bought from steam or are games registered to steam will be able to be downloaded no problem.

Tiber Septim · 05-19-2009, 12:47 AM

I do it all the time. Once a game is registered to a steam account, you can uninstall and re-install the game as many times as you like, on multiple computers without a single disc.
All you have to remember is your login information.

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~~blinkk~~ Troubled Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 35 OS: Xp	If I reformat my HD... I know I lose everything. But I bought all my games from Steam. When I get my Os and steam back on will I be able to just re-download and install the games? Or will I need to back them up??? Thanks

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123456iambelial Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 41 OS: Vista 64bit and Win7 Ultimate RC	Re: If I reformat my HD... As far as I know, yes. I think all you have to do is install steam to your reformated HDD and reinstall the game. Just to make sure call steam or post a thread to their forum about this. __________________ CoolerMaster Cosmos S (modded) + Custom H2O setup, Intel C2Q Q6600 @ 3.6GHz, Corsair 8GB XMS2 DHX RAM, EVGA 780i(modded), Two EVGA GTX 260 Core 216 in SLi (SSC and Vanilla), OCZ Vertex 60GB (Windows 7 Ultimate RC x64), Western Digital 640GB WD6400AAKS (Vista Home Premium x64), Western Digital 1TB Caviar Black, Corsair 750TX PSU.

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Mcninjaguy Temporarily Banned Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 10,422 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: If I reformat my HD... The games you bought from steam or are games registered to steam will be able to be downloaded no problem.

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Tiber Septim Asst Manager, Games Team Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 2,875 OS: Fedora 11 / Windows 7 My System Blog Entries: 5	Re: If I reformat my HD... I do it all the time. Once a game is registered to a steam account, you can uninstall and re-install the game as many times as you like, on multiple computers without a single disc. All you have to remember is your login information. __________________ First Steps - System Specs - SIW Help TSF beat Cancer and other serious Illness.