How can I move my steam backups to another computer?

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So I'm planning to build my first desktop and there are a few games that I would like to carry the saves over to the new computer but the problem is i don't know what games are synced to the steam cloud and all the backup data is around 59 gigs so no flashdrive of mine is carrying that data so how can i get the saves from one computer to the other, I really don't want to looses a ton of saves

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First of all, you can move large Steam backups to another computer using
- flash drive which comes in 256GB storage capacity
http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Cruzer-128GB-Drive--SDCZ36-128G-B35/dp/B00TKFCYP0/ref=sr_1_7?s=pc&tag=basebal-20&ie=UTF8&qid=1455969515&sr=1-7 or

- external hard drive  which comes in 2TB storage capacity
http://www.amazon.com/Black-Passport-Ultra-Portable-External/dp/B00W8XXYSM/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&tag=basebal-20&ie=UTF8&qid=1455969587&sr=1-1

You can copy the Steam folder altogether to the new hard drive and then do the following: - delete everything except SteamApps folder and Steam.exe - run Steam.exe. This will make it re-sync with the Steam Cloud and download everything again and recognize the "just" installed games

Save games are mostly under "Users" fodler, or the Steam folder itself. Make a backup of the entire users folder in any case you could need something later

Refer this article -  https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=7418-YUBN-8129  describing how you can move Steam installation

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How can I move my steam backups to another computer?

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