Transferring Saves From Backup

[cricketbones]

I have followed the section of the FAQ to do with backing up saves and upon trying to restore my progress in a newly formatted machine at least 3-4 times, all I have come up with is failure. I simply cannot get the game to recognize my saves. I'm furious to have seemingly lost an almost 100% completed game.

 

I also tried using the forum search and it timed out over and over again.

 

I'm bringing my backups from Vista x64 into Win 7 x64.

 

 

 

EDIT: ...sigh, I just realized I put this in the wrong spot.

Edited May 23, 2009 by cricketbones

[Girish]

Assuming the address path for the savegames folder is the same in Win 7, are you putting the saves in the appropriate folder?

 

If yes, then I think it's because of the wrong user specific folder. Do this;

• Start a new game and save it.

• Now, go to your saved games folder. To determine the accurate location, Start > Games > Right-click on Grand Theft Auto IV > Saved Games

• Inside the savegames folder, you'll find folders named 'user_.....' and 'user_invaild'.

• Ignore the 'user_invalid' folder and copy all your savegames to the other 'user_....' folder.

• Now, check again if the saves appear on the load screen.

[AmbiquitY]

I had the same problem when I tried to do that when going from vista to Win 7.

I only tried twice but I didn't get it to work, then when i went from w7 beta to the RC, it went as smooth as a baby's bottom.

first try, I put them in, started up GTA, and GFWL asked me which account I wanted to log in to. (Apparantly I had 2 AmbiquitY accounts, which I found very strange cause I don't recall ever making them )

Ah well, I hope you get it to work!

Edited May 23, 2009 by AmbiquitY