what is the importance of the steam 'backup files option'?

[S]

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is it just to save you the hassle from downloading everything via steam
again?

i always thought that all you need is to remember your steam account
login and you can download everything you need using steam, so really
no backups needed unles you dont have internet.

or do you need to back up? if you formatted your disk would you make
your steam account invalid?

thx

 

[Andrew]

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On 29 Sep 2005 12:36:07 -0700, "s" <ymailus@yahoo.com> wrote:

>is it just to save you the hassle from downloading everything via steam
>again?

Yes.

>i always thought that all you need is to remember your steam account
>login and you can download everything you need using steam, so really
>no backups needed unles you dont have internet.

Yes.

>or do you need to back up? if you formatted your disk would you make
>your steam account invalid?

No, Steam doesn't use DRM so there are no problems with anything like
that.
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