

If you are playing the base game, there will only be one UserData folder.

In the image below, the game was saved in a non-default location. If you are using a 64-bit computer, this directory will be in C:\Program Files (x86)\Maxis\The Sims. Chances are you're only interested in backing up your saved games and your custom content, since all of the core game files are replaced when you reinstall the game.Īssuming you saved the game in the default location, this will be located in C:\Program Files\Maxis\The Sims. In The Sims, your saved game data is located in the same directory as all of the core game files. If you backed up using the traditional method If you backed up your entire "The Sims 2" folder If you backed up by zipping them in a ZIP file If you backed up by copying files to another folder Backing up using Windows/File Explorer (traditional method) The third video tour features Version 4.0 and you can watch here.

The second video tour features Version 3.0 and you can watch here. My first video tour of Version 1.0 is over a year old, but you can watch here.

This way you can use the save again without having to redownload.
