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Tips for removing old Windows installs and other software from 7-Ends drives

Tips for removing old Windows installs and other software from 7-Ends drives

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Nivek360
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04-17-2016, 08:45 PM
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Hey everyone, I have a lot of space available—mainly a 1TB NVMe SSD that my current Windows 10 system depends on, plus some games that really perform well on SSDs, and a couple of extra HDDs each holding 2TB. But switching from Windows 7 to 10 wasn’t smooth. To put it simply, I ended up swapping out my old CPU, RAM, and motherboard quickly without backing up my Steam library or doing the installation steps properly. Sure, I could format all the drives, but I’m just asking if there’s a faster way to remove things like Steam games from these drives. I’d have to replace my RAM and power supply even for a simple test setup. Maybe I’ll just go ahead and extract and back up anything important before formatting, since there are around 500GB of Steam games on each drive—especially the older one from a long time ago.
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Nivek360
04-17-2016, 08:45 PM #1

Hey everyone, I have a lot of space available—mainly a 1TB NVMe SSD that my current Windows 10 system depends on, plus some games that really perform well on SSDs, and a couple of extra HDDs each holding 2TB. But switching from Windows 7 to 10 wasn’t smooth. To put it simply, I ended up swapping out my old CPU, RAM, and motherboard quickly without backing up my Steam library or doing the installation steps properly. Sure, I could format all the drives, but I’m just asking if there’s a faster way to remove things like Steam games from these drives. I’d have to replace my RAM and power supply even for a simple test setup. Maybe I’ll just go ahead and extract and back up anything important before formatting, since there are around 500GB of Steam games on each drive—especially the older one from a long time ago.

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BunnyFucker
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04-18-2016, 01:06 AM
#2
Certainly! Would you like to transfer your Steam games from an HDD to an SSD?
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BunnyFucker
04-18-2016, 01:06 AM #2

Certainly! Would you like to transfer your Steam games from an HDD to an SSD?

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SOCRATOON
Junior Member
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04-22-2016, 09:21 AM
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SOCRATOON
04-22-2016, 09:21 AM #3

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gerext
Member
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04-22-2016, 11:23 PM
#4
Avoid steam games by skipping the backup process and directly formatting the entire drive instead of searching for specific files.
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gerext
04-22-2016, 11:23 PM #4

Avoid steam games by skipping the backup process and directly formatting the entire drive instead of searching for specific files.

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Grammy_Award
Junior Member
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04-26-2016, 02:24 AM
#5
These are typically located in the default program files directory, often Steam.
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Grammy_Award
04-26-2016, 02:24 AM #5

These are typically located in the default program files directory, often Steam.