Restoring my HL2/steam install

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Rog - 19 Jun 2005 10:39 GMT

HI,
I have just upgraded to a larger hard drive and I have my old drive
installed as a slave and I was wondering if it is possible to lift my
install of HL2/steam etc off the old drive and copy it across to my new one
rather than go through the painfull install/unlock/update proccess from
scratch (I have the retail DVD version).

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Peter [AGHL] - 19 Jun 2005 11:01 GMT

> I have just upgraded to a larger hard drive and I have my old drive
> installed as a slave and I was wondering if it is possible to lift my
> install of HL2/steam etc off the old drive and copy it across to my new one
> rather than go through the painfull install/unlock/update proccess from
> scratch (I have the retail DVD version).

Just copy all the files over to the new HD
Make sure you're using the same location

If you have problems delete the clientregistry.blob file
I have moved my a Steam installtion to another HD a couple of times,
works like a charm

Btw when upgrading to a new HD discarding the old one the HD
manufacturer typicaly has a migrating tool
WD has and it's working great migrating the XP system disk to a new HD

rgds

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Rog - 19 Jun 2005 16:25 GMT

> Just copy all the files over to the new HD
> Make sure you're using the same location
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> manufacturer typicaly has a migrating tool
> WD has and it's working great migrating the XP system disk to a new HD

Thanks for that, I just dragged the steam folder over onto the new drive
and it worked without problems. I guess I should have tried that first but
I am a bit paranoid where steam is concerned, I didn't want my account
banned or combine troops kicking in my door because something was amiss
from my install.
I hear you on the migration tools, its just that my install of XP was long
overdue a reinstall on the old drive. I can face up to rebuilding my PC and
installing windows and all my apps etc, I just couldn't face installing
steam etc all over again.

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Sascha Wuestemann - 19 Jun 2005 16:55 GMT

Rog <nospam_@please.co.uk> schrieb:

>> Just copy all the files over to the new HD
>> Make sure you're using the same location

[..]

> Thanks for that, I just dragged the steam folder over onto the new drive
> and it worked without problems. I guess I should have tried that first but
> I am a bit paranoid where steam is concerned, I didn't want my account
> banned or combine troops kicking in my door because something was amiss
> from my install.

Hi,

this is exactly why steam is evil for a game being installed for offline
play. You, the master and root of your computer and all installed software
have lost the rights to do what you want with them.

If steam was a means to play online-only games I would not care, but for
offline-games I hate them and won't ever support them by buying such a
crap.

cu
Sascha

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Peter [AGHL] - 19 Jun 2005 17:17 GMT

> this is exactly why steam is evil for a game being installed for offline
> play. You, the master and root of your computer and all installed software
> have lost the rights to do what you want with them.

With approx 500 game titles on the shelves I can asure that Steam with
HL/HL2 running is the easiest game to maintain and handle while
installed

No use of windows registry
No DLL's going to system directories
Everything is contained in the Steam folder

Agreed Steam/HL2 is a hazzle to install if not on broadband

If on broadband you just login with your steam account and all needed
files is delivered to your latest gaming rig

Only thing missing is your saved games is not being uploaded to a
backup server automatically
Now that would be innovative!

rgds

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David Firewater - 20 Jun 2005 09:31 GMT

> If steam was a means to play online-only games I would not care, but for
> offline-games I hate them and won't ever support them by buying such a
> crap.

How do you expect people to take you seriously when you forgot to crosspost
to several non-relevant groups?
-\o/-
David
davidfirewater(a)hotmail.com

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Bert Byfield - 30 Jun 2005 04:01 GMT

> this is exactly why steam is evil for a game being installed for
> offline play. You, the master and root of your computer and all
> installed software have lost the rights to do what you want with them.
> If steam was a means to play online-only games I would not care, but
> for offline-games I hate them and won't ever support them by buying
> such a crap. Sascha

I feel the same way about Sierra's arrogance in forcing game players to
sign up for an account. I will always in the future check game requirements
for "internet access required," and not buy any more games like that.

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Peter [AGHL] - 30 Jun 2005 06:54 GMT

> I feel the same way about Sierra's arrogance in forcing game players to
> sign up for an account. I will always in the future check game requirements
> for "internet access required," and not buy any more games like that.

Sierra?
What game(s) are you talking about?

FYI: Sierra has nothing whatsoever to do with HL2

- Peter

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Bert Byfield - 30 Jun 2005 21:36 GMT

>> Bert Byfield wrote:
>> I feel the same way about Sierra's arrogance in forcing game players
>> to sign up for an account. I will always in the future check game
>> requirements for "internet access required," and not buy any more
>> games like that.

> Sierra?
> What game(s) are you talking about?
> FYI: Sierra has nothing whatsoever to do with HL2
> - Peter

There's a Sierra stamp on my HL2 CDs. Valve and Steam are there, too, but
Sierra *is* part of the problem. Check it out.

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Shawk - 30 Jun 2005 21:56 GMT

>>> Bert Byfield wrote:
>>> I feel the same way about Sierra's arrogance in forcing game players
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> There's a Sierra stamp on my HL2 CDs. Valve and Steam are there, too, but
> Sierra *is* part of the problem. Check it out.

Sierra are a Vivendi Studio - maybe had a part in the publishing of HL2?

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Peter [AGHL] - 30 Jun 2005 22:23 GMT

> There's a Sierra stamp on my HL2 CDs. Valve and Steam are there, too, but
> Sierra *is* part of the problem. Check it out.

Nope you're total wrong I am sorry to say

Sierra is not the owner of Steam
Sierra has no part in Steam
Sierra has not developed Steam
Sierra is not "forcing" anyone to create an account on Steam as Sierra
has nothing to do with Steam
Sierra is not the distributor for HL2

You're right there is a Sierra logo on the HL2 box

There's also some other logos and the address for techsupport is
tech.support (at) vugames (dot) co (dot) uk

Vivendi Universal has swallowed Sierra a long time ago - mid 2003?
Sierra is nothing but a trademark and a pretty logo on the box

Vivendi Universal has been the distributor of HL2 for the retail market
Vivendi Universal has forced the "CD needs to be in the drive" copy
protection upon us

Valve has removed this requirement on a later update

Valve is distributor of HL2 to the online "digital" market
Valve has developed Steam
Valve is running the Steam network
Valve is "forcing" you to create an account on Steam to play the game
Valve has various reasons for this

Read this rather interesting interview with Doug Lombardi, Valve
http://www.gamecloud.com/article.php?article_id=479

Vivendi Universal and Valve had legal issues which caused Vivendi
Universal to be kicked big time on the butt as distributor for Valve
including HL2
http://www.steampowered.com/index.php?area=news&id=413

Currently there is NO distributor for HL2
But there will be - eventually

Please check your records before jumping all over the place!

- Peter

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