err how do I restore Steam?

[Sn00ks]

Ok bit of a silly question. I've done a Steam backup and now I want to use it to restore on my new PC. I've got the *.sid file but how do I restore from it? :blink:

[DuVeL]

Info should be here;
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=8794-YPHV-2033

[T-Bag]

If you have the whole folder you can just reinstall steam into it. That's how i do it.

[Sn00ks]

Thanks lads. It seems my backup was naff and it didn't include the steambackup.exe file. Your link Duvel explained it all, cheers.

I went back to a backup I did a couple of months ago and that worked OK.
Now copying all the stuff in my useraccount folder across to get the configs and maps.