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redbaron07 14 Sep @ 6:37am
Upgrading from W10 to W11 - how will steam be affected?
Hello All,
I now have to upgrade from W10 to W11 but before I do is there anything I need to do as regards steam and my games? I have all the games on the D drive, not the C drive, but I read somewhere that you should remove as much data as possible before the upgrade. Has anyone else upgraded? Any problems?
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✨Saint✨ 14 Sep @ 6:39am 
Just upgrade, period.

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redbaron07 14 Sep @ 6:39am 
No issues then?
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✨Saint✨ 14 Sep @ 6:41am 
Originally posted by redbaron07:
No issues then?

No issues, you just have to upgrade, everything will be ported over.

:saint:
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A&A 14 Sep @ 6:41am 
Depends how you are gonna update it.
If it will be from Windows Updates, there will be no difference.
If it will be fresh install, then make sure you're overwriting C drive/partition only.
Last edited by A&A; 14 Sep @ 6:42am
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Mabi 14 Sep @ 7:11am 
Upgrading?

Windows ---> WinToUSB
Debian 13 ---> Winboat
Last edited by Mabi; 14 Sep @ 7:18am
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Lixire 14 Sep @ 8:17am 
Originally posted by redbaron07:
No issues then?

Everything will stay right in place if you chose to do an in-place upgrade then you won’t need to reinstall Steam or any of your games
Upgraded from 10 myself to 11 through Windows Update
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redbaron07 14 Sep @ 10:03am 
Ok thank you. Sounds like should be nice & easy.
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Bad 💀 Motha 14 Sep @ 10:02pm 
Do the upgrade from a freshly made Win11 24H2 or 25H2 USB flash drive. Not by other means.
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Zefar 14 Sep @ 10:43pm 
Originally posted by Bad 💀 Motha:
Do the upgrade from a freshly made Win11 24H2 or 25H2 USB flash drive. Not by other means.

That is a thing of the past. Like back in WinXP to Vista or alike.

Windows have made the upgrade feature so good you can go from Win8.1 all the way too Win11 without any issues. This is on the same SSD too.
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_I_ 14 Sep @ 11:10pm 
if using multiple libraries and/or multiple drives, make sure they are mapped to the same drive letters

as for game saves, grab gaesavemanager, make a local backup somewhere

unplug all other drives, when you install win 11 over win 10
do not format, it should move all existing windows os, user and program files to a backup location on the drive then install the new os

when done, shutdown, plug in other drives
check disk management and map the drives to the correct letters
and copy back program and user files to restore them, and make shortcuts or just reinstall them
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Bad 💀 Motha 14 Sep @ 11:42pm 
Originally posted by Zefar:
Originally posted by Bad 💀 Motha:
Do the upgrade from a freshly made Win11 24H2 or 25H2 USB flash drive. Not by other means.

That is a thing of the past. Like back in WinXP to Vista or alike.

Windows have made the upgrade feature so good you can go from Win8.1 all the way too Win11 without any issues. This is on the same SSD too.

Funny since you can't go from 8.1 to 11. So like what the F you're smoking....

Play it safe, don't do an OS upgrade via Windows Updates. Do it from USB. Either a boot installl or from inside Win10 and run the setup from the Win11 USB.
Last edited by Bad 💀 Motha; 14 Sep @ 11:44pm
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