Skyrim saved game data gone?

garyinhere · Dec 29, 2011

Need help, I went to play two days ago and wasn't able to load a saved game. It didn't even show I had a saved game. I have 40+ hours in and really don't feel like starting over. I posted in the skyrim thread a couple times with no response. It is a steam copy. Anyone got any ideas?

Black Panther · Dec 29, 2011

That's bad...

Check what you have here: MyDocuments\My Games\Skyrim\Saves

Also, try this:

garyinhere · Dec 29, 2011

Black Panther said:
That's bad...

Check what you have here: MyDocuments\My Games\Skyrim\Saves

nothing, I keep my steam on a different drive and had to rewrite my os since I've played... does it store all the saves on the c: ? I sure hope not

Black Panther · Dec 29, 2011

garyinhere said:
nothing, I keep my steam on a different drive and had to rewrite my os since I've played... does it store all the saves on the c: ? I sure hope not

You formatted your c drive?!

oops. Yes the saves are in My Documents... that'd be on the c drive... :ohwell:

lilhasselhoffer · Dec 29, 2011

1) How long between plays? - Asked to determine if there was an update between plays.

2) Have you moved you saves? - They are buried in my documents, by default. If you moved that folder you may have relocated saves without letting the game know saves had been moved.

3) How else can we help? - We don't know what else you've been up to, what you've updated, or what has changed. At best, all we can do is poke around in the dark and offer vague suggestions. If you want real help then do a windows search for the saves, and locate them that way before complaining that we don't respond fast enough to a very vague problem... We can only help those that help themselves.

Edit: Yeah, reformattng C means you're borked. Sorry, but there's nothing you can do...

garyinhere · Dec 29, 2011

Black Panther said:
You formatted your c drive?!

oops. Yes the saves are in My Documents... that'd be on the c drive...

well that sucks... I wonder why it's not sync'd with the steam cloud

lilhasselhoffer said:
before complaining that we don't respond fast enough to a very vague problem...

Three days isn't patient enough for you lmao...

Black Panther · Dec 29, 2011

The saves aren't saved on the cloud either, as far as I know..

garyinhere · Dec 29, 2011

well that's the problem then ty for helping BP

Solaris17 · Dec 29, 2011

Just a pro tip "make link" of the save games folder to a network folder or drop box account. saves always their.

WhiteNoise · Dec 31, 2011

So many games place the save files on the C drive. You won't forget that next time. Thats a hard way to learn. sheesh.

Mussels · Dec 31, 2011

almost all games save in the my documents folder, why would you format and not keep a backup?

pro tip: keep your desktop/my docs on another drive too, not just steam

Solaris17 · Dec 31, 2011

Mussels said:
almost all games save in the my documents folder, why would you format and not keep a backup?

pro tip: keep your desktop/my docs on another drive too, not just steam

thats what i do. everything you see in the libraries or start menu Documents downloads pictures videos favorites etc. All links. my entire user folder is on a diffirent drive.

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