Doing clean install of windows 10. To keep my game saves, is all I need to do is copy my documents file and save it in cloud?

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Got a new motherboard, CPU, and ram and I'm going to do a clean install of windows 10. To make sure my in-game saves aren't lost, is that all I need to do is copy my documents folder to the onedrive cloud? I know I can redownload my steam and origin games but not all of their saves are in the origin and steam folders. Sometimes they're in documents.
 
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You will have to check each game to be 100% sure. Most are in documents(they may or may not be in the my games folder under documents).

Steam has cloud saves for some games so they will be re-downloaded assuming you have not switched the feature off.

You do not have to use onedrive or other cloud storage if you have a second drive or external drive. In general the internet is not as fast as a second drive, external drive or flash drive.

I have all my save games on another drive(in my NAS). In my experience Windows 10 reset also does not touch other partitions on its drive. I always disconnect extra drives just in case. Always backup important files before reinstalling an OS just in case.
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You will have to check each game to be 100% sure. Most are in documents(they may or may not be in the my games folder under documents).

Steam has cloud saves for some games so they will be re-downloaded assuming you have not switched the feature off.

You do not have to use onedrive or other cloud storage if you have a second drive or external drive. In general the internet is not as fast as a second drive, external drive or flash drive.

I have all my save games on another drive(in my NAS). In my experience Windows 10 reset also does not touch other partitions on its drive. I always disconnect extra drives just in case. Always backup important files before reinstalling an OS just in case.
 
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I just use an external HDD (you could just save it to a different drive other than C) to backup all game saves that are in My Documents for games. Games like Dark Souls have saves located in another folder, I forgot which. Steam cloud saves only save online content. GTA V now has saves on its own cloud.
 
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