When I perform a clean reinstall of windows how can I not delete steam games?

[ProPlayerGR]

Hey guys. So I'm planning to upgrade my rig to replace my fx 9370 with a 2600x and I heard that I should perform a clean reinstall of windows so as to not have performance issues. The thing is though I don't want to wait for my steam games to be downloaded again from the start(I have about 42 games). Also I don't want redownload battlefield 1 from origin. Anything else I don't care. So what should I do? I'm a noob in this stuff so you have to understand. Sorry if I'm missing something obvious. Thanks in advance.

 

[ElectrO_90]

You should copy them all to another drive or another partition. Then when you installed Steam - move them back to where Steam is installed.

 

[USAFRet]

You move those Steam games, and anything else you wish to keep, to a different drive during this process.

This 'other drive' is disconnected and offline during this process.

 

[USAFRet]

Also, assuming Win 10, Read and do this before you change any parts:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/20530/windows-10-reactivating-after-hardware-change
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-3164428/windows-build-1607-activation.html

 

[ProPlayerGR]

Also, assuming Win 10, Read and do this before you change any parts:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/20530/windows-10-reactivating-after-hardware-change
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-3164428/windows-build-1607-activation.html

Yeah I have windows 10 and they are activated should I follow these steps?

 

[USAFRet]

Also, assuming Win 10, Read and do this before you change any parts:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/20530/windows-10-reactivating-after-hardware-change
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-3164428/windows-build-1607-activation.html

Yeah I have windows 10 and they are activated should I follow these steps?

If you wish to use that same license with the new motherboard, yes.
It will still require a clean install, but that is for the activation after you get it installed with the new hardware.

Read those links and be sure you understand what it is doing.

 

[ProPlayerGR]

Also, assuming Win 10, Read and do this before you change any parts:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/20530/windows-10-reactivating-after-hardware-change
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-3164428/windows-build-1607-activation.html

Yeah I have windows 10 and they are activated should I follow these steps?

If you wish to use that same license with the new motherboard, yes.
It will still require a clean install, but that is for the activation after you get it installed with the new hardware.

Read those links and be sure you understand what it is doing.

I am at activation(I already created a local account) and nowhere it says add an account. What should I do? I use windows 10 1803 btw.

 

[USAFRet]

Also, assuming Win 10, Read and do this before you change any parts:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/20530/windows-10-reactivating-after-hardware-change
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-3164428/windows-build-1607-activation.html

Yeah I have windows 10 and they are activated should I follow these steps?

If you wish to use that same license with the new motherboard, yes.
It will still require a clean install, but that is for the activation after you get it installed with the new hardware.

Read those links and be sure you understand what it is doing.

I am at activation(I already created a local account) and nowhere it says add an account. What should I do? I use windows 10 1803 btw.

You need to do it from an Admin account.