Archive/reinstall procedure using SDC

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The drive I have my TotalGaming.net games on is filling up, and I'd like to move the games to another drive. I remember seeing a procedure to create an archive that could be backed up (burned to CD, for example), and then reinstalled. It seemed to me I could use that procedure to move the games from one drive to another, but I've searched the forums and can't find the thread where it was talked about. Can anyone give me a link to it? TIA.
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
Well, I don't remember the thread. But what is exactly your problem? Creating an archive or extracting it to the drive you want?
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Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
Was that all there was to it? Use "Archive Application" from the File menu of SDC to create the archive, delete the app, then use "Restore Archive" to put it on the new drive? Seems too easy to be true ;)

~SDC~
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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
Was that all there was to it? Use "Archive Application" from the File menu of SDC to create the archive, delete the app, then use "Restore Archive" to put it on the new drive? Seems too easy to be true
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I think that it is the correct procedure. But I may be wrong.
Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
Well, it worked. Tried it first with the Political Machine, and it worked fine. Then tried it with Disciples, filled up the disk, SDC hung so bad I couldn't even bring up the task manager. Rebooted, deleted the TEMP directory files that were being used to build the archive, and this time archived the movie files first, moved them off the disk, and that gave me enough room to archive the rest of the game. Anyway, thanks for your help, Peace Phoenix.

~SDC~