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Formatting PC without Re-Downloading Everything

magnusthorek
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That's! I can't stand with Windows 10 anymore. It's the biggest piece of... you know the word I would be using here, I've ever used.

Since the "free upgrade" I'm having too much trouble and the game performance (that's not even close to good, I have to say) is even worse, but several other minor issues are annoying me so much that I'll downgrade to Windows 7.

However, ESO is a HUGE game and I don't think I can afford enough space in disk to make a regular Steam backup so, I would like to know if, since ESO is not too... "tied" to Steam itself, is there a way I can recover my installation after formatting my PC without re-download everything again?

My installation is already in a different partition, so I wouldn't have to move anything, the question is more about recovering the installation flow.

One idea the occurred to me was using the workaround to backup the Origin's games, since EA's Client does not provide a native backup system, in which we rename the folder where the game was previously installed to something else, start download again, close the Download Manager and rename the backuped folder to what it was before, so the manager would "resume", finishing it quickly.

But I'm not so sure... Any tips?
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  • Marlon018BR
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    You just need to install the Visual C ++ 2010 x64 and x86 and update DirectX after installing the OS. No need to reinstall the Launcher. Just start the game with Bethesda.net_Launcher.exe and play.
  • magnusthorek
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    But what about the Steam integration? In near future I'll have to buy Crows for the DLCs and I read that if my copy is from Steam I have to buy the Crons from Steam, but if Steam don't recognizes my installation, I wouldn't be able, right?

    Or I don't really need Steam at all?
    I am the very model of a scientist Salarian, I've studied species Turian, Asari, and Batarian.
    I'm quite good at genetics (as a subset of biology) because I am an expert (which I know is a tautology).
    My xenoscience studies range from urban to agrarian, I am the very model of a Scientist Salarian.
  • DeTosc
    DeTosc
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    Or I don't really need Steam at all?

    This.

    I bought ESO on Steam during a sale and I play without the Steam client. I simply run the ESO launcher or ESO.exe directly.

    AFAIK it is even no longer possible to buy crowns on Steam.
  • magnusthorek
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    Alright then. Thank you very much both of you
    I am the very model of a scientist Salarian, I've studied species Turian, Asari, and Batarian.
    I'm quite good at genetics (as a subset of biology) because I am an expert (which I know is a tautology).
    My xenoscience studies range from urban to agrarian, I am the very model of a Scientist Salarian.
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