Backup files

[marcast]

I have the original game, no mods installed. In order to protect me by a HD crash, which files should I save? Is it enough to copy the "KSP\saves" folder? 

[Geonovast]

Yup, everything that's not replaceable will be inside that folder.

[VoidSquid]

I recommend to copy the whole KSP folder, this way you don't have to worry about mods or any settings not copied. I do regular backups of my whole KSP folder every couple of weeks plus when changing my installation (e.g. updating a mod), and I also make a backup of the \saves folder every time I start KSP.

Better safe than sorry  

Edited March 1, 2021 by VoidSquid

[Curveball Anders]

1 hour ago, marcast said:

I have the original game, no mods installed. In order to protect me by a HD crash, which files should I save? Is it enough to copy the "KSP\saves" folder? 

Yes, and if you ponder space than cut the pre-installed.

 

1 hour ago, VoidSquid said:

I recommend to copy the whole KSP folder, this way you don't have to worry about mods or any settings not copied. I do regular backups of my whole KSP folder every couple of weeks plus when changing my installation (e.g. updating a mod), and I also make a backup of the \saves folder every time I start KSP.

Better safe than sorry  

Depends a bit on your personal view of quantity vs quality

Everything except the saves can be easily downloaded and restored

I backup my saves as part of my startup script.

And note that the save files are all text, so they are highly compressible.

 

[VoidSquid]

23 minutes ago, Curveball Anders said:

Everything except the saves can be easily downloaded and restored

Settings... from settings.cfg, to the various .xml from KER, to toolbar-settings.dat, JanitorsCloset.dat, ...

Those are the ones always costing me the most time when starting from scratch.

[Curveball Anders]

29 minutes ago, VoidSquid said:

Settings... from settings.cfg, to the various .xml from KER, to toolbar-settings.dat, JanitorsCloset.dat, ...

Those are the ones always costing me the most time when starting from scratch.

Right, I'll add the .cfg files to my script.

 

[VoidSquid]

or just "robocopy <source> <dest> /mir" ?  

[Curveball Anders]

29 minutes ago, VoidSquid said:

or just "robocopy <source> <dest> /mir" ?  

find or rsync, I'm fully Linux since years back

 

[VoidSquid]

29 minutes ago, Curveball Anders said:

I'm fully Linux since years back

I'm too dumb for that