Backing Up/Transferring Saves/Tray?

cody6268

I've got a new refurbished Dell Optiplex 7010 desktop coming tomorrow. In all honesty, I should have gone with the 1TB hard drive option instead of the 250GB SSD option (as my 125GB SSD laptop is full, and it doesn't have that much on it) as it was the same cost; and I honestly don't think the difference in speeds would be that bad in my use. But, with an i7 3770 (kinda outdated, it seems) and 16GB RAM, despite not being a gaming PC with a GPU and those specs (which was a bit out of my budget), it should run most games I play much better than this almost six-year-old i5/8GB Asus.

Here's the thing, I'm wondering about backing up my game folders. How exactly do I do this correctly? Can I use my OneDrive, or should I stick to a flash drive?

MissyHissy

cody6268 wrote: »

I've got a new refurbished Dell Optiplex 7010 desktop coming tomorrow. In all honesty, I should have gone with the 1TB hard drive option instead of the 250GB SSD option (as my 125GB SSD laptop is full, and it doesn't have that much on it) as it was the same cost; and I honestly don't think the difference in speeds would be that bad in my use. But, with an i7 3770 (kinda outdated, it seems) and 16GB RAM, despite not being a gaming PC with a GPU and those specs (which was a bit out of my budget), it should run most games I play much better than this almost six-year-old i5/8GB Asus.

Here's the thing, I'm wondering about backing up my game folders. How exactly do I do this correctly? Can I use my OneDrive, or should I stick to a flash drive?

I stuck to a flash drive when I transferred all mine

taydev

Use an external hard drive and transfer these folders: saves, tray, and mods (if you have them).

GalacticGal

I've always used a flash drive. But, make sure you don't just grab the folder from your flash drive, but rather make a copy of it. That way if disaster strikes, like it did when I had to send my gaming rig to the shop, you have an automatic back-up. Instead of having to start completely all over. From scratch. As I ended up doing.

SweetieWright_84

I used One Drive when I upgraded computers. It was kind of an accidental thing because I forgot to back them up first. Luckily, at that time I think OneDrive was set to automatically back up certain things. I can't really remember because it's been 3 years. I still use OneDrive to make month backups of my Sims 4 files.

LadyTachunka

I’ve transfer my data about twice now. I use a USB stick and copy the sims file and paste it and it works wonders

So_Money

Doesn’t matter much where you put your backup as long as it’s on a separate physical drive or the cloud. I use an external SSD but OneDrive would be a good option since you don’t have to worry about hardware failure.

ArcherDK

I use external hard drive and keep copies of saves I had 5 years ago. Everything works.

cody6268

Thanks guys! OneDrive, once setting up and logging in this PC automatically moved everything over once I installed Origin and the game.

I am probably going to have to buy an external hard drive since this PC only has a 250GB SSD, as opposed to a larger hard drive (and like I said, the 1TB hard drive was the same cost as the option with the SSD that I got). Any recommendations?

Simyim

Hi there! I totally support connecting the sims folder to a cloud backup service if you use one. Can’t speak about Windows and OneDrive, as I use Mac and my Sims folder is stored automatically with the rest of the Documents folder in the cloud, while being accessible too in local backups. So if you can sync your files with a cloud service, I would recommend it for extra safety

So_Money

cody6268 wrote: »

Thanks guys! OneDrive, once setting up and logging in this PC automatically moved everything over once I installed Origin and the game.

I am probably going to have to buy an external hard drive since this PC only has a 250GB SSD, as opposed to a larger hard drive (and like I said, the 1TB hard drive was the same cost as the option with the SSD that I got). Any recommendations?

For their lower price (but sometimes-questionable reliability) go for a Western Digital or Seagate external.

For quality go for a Samsung (especially their SSDs). They’re more expensive but the speeds are more consistent and they’re less prone to failure.

My wife recently bought a 5 TB Seagate external HD on sale for $90.

Depends on your priority.

itolduso

Whatever you do...don't ever use SanDisk. Their usd drive failed, and I lost everything. Paid for a private cloud service...NO PROBLEMS.