I need to upgrade my system from Windows XP to Windows 7, so, it's a complete wipe and reinstall.

What, if anything, from STO do I need to backup, so I'm sure not to lose anything??

Or, is everything (settings wise, ranks, etc,) kept server side??

Everything is kept on the server so you shouldn't have any problems - other then Screenshots you might have taken that are in your Screenshot folder.

Your screenshot folder also contains saved uniforms for your captains and Boffs which you may want to keep hold of if you have any as well as any screenshots you may have as Cosmic_One mentioned.

Thanks! I'll ckeck to see if I have any uniforms in there.

You should note that saved uniforms appear as .jpg files, but they are uniforms. The data is just embedded in the .jpg file. Also, if you rename any uniforms in your screenshots folder the game may not recognize them when you go back to the tailor.

If you have sufficient backup space, you can copy the 'piggs' folder (inside 'livedata' folder [I'm guessing at the folder name - have not got it in front of me] ) before you wipe for Windows 7.
When you start the re-installation you can, stop it move the piggs folder back, then continue.
This will make the rest of the re-install download a LOT quicker since you will have most of the data already in place.
I have done this several times and it works a charm.

simply backup the whole entire cryptic folder. (7 gigs) after you do your OS, simply locate the exe and make a shortcut to your desktop double click and run. No reinstall of the game is necessary. I run STO from my PHONE (through USB) at lunch from work.

It doesn't update any registry files??

Nope! :-)

it's nice because as long as you have access to a capable computer you can play STO anywhere!


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That should make it easier for me to move STO to another drive partition then. thanks for the info.