Hi So I’m planning to buy an extern hard drive for my gog games and i want all of them transferred.I primary use gog galaxy so im wondering if i can do it with galaxy too or is it better to download them manually?Lg

You can transfer games, there's a variety of methods.

The sane way would be to uninstall your games and reinstall them, but that may not be desirable if you're on a limited bandwidth budget.

DOSbox based games can be moved freely, all you'd have to to is scan the folder you've moved them to and make sure to set that as the default installation directory.

Some games are portable, and can also be moved easily enough.

But mod games of the today, tend to not like being moved without some preparation, but GOG Galaxy can take care of the imports.

Not at all necessary if the OP is happy using Galaxy. They can just move their games folder and point Galaxy to it to rebuild all the links.

So how can i transfer all my games from galaxy so i could play and install them without galaxy?

You don't need to. Galaxy is optional, so you can start all games without Galaxy by using the game's .exe instead of the shortcut. Same goes for offline installers which you can download through Galaxy, the old GOG downloader or your browser.

You want to play them from an external drive? Those are not the fastest in most cases...

Anyway, the best way is always to download and backup the offline installers and then use them to install the games to where you want them to.

As for moving already installed games, in many cases you can just copy-paste the folders to where you want, then point Galaxy toward your new folder(s) and import them. Some games won't work this way, in this case it often helps to choose "repair" which will restore and fix registry entries (and check for needed libs like VC redist, DirectX, PhysX etc).
If this still doesn't work: You really have to do a full re-install, preferable with the offline installer, or through Galaxy.

Hi Nono i just want to save them on an extern drive(For my collection).I primary use galaxy in the future too because of the cloud function.I Just want to transfer all the things what i need to play without the launcher plus the extra/bonus things

In this case you need to download the offline installers, there are several ways to do that:

Through Galaxy: Select something like "Backup installer and goodies" (I'm at work here, so I can't check right know)
In browser: go to your library, click game then "download offline backup installers" (below the big blue button) and then download ALL files.
GOG Downloader: Get here: https://www.gog.com/downloader - beware that it sometimes doesn't work, since it's pretty outdated.
GOGrepo.py: For large libraries, needs a bit of tinkering. Look for the thread here on the forum.

Ich denke du meinst ordner scannen und importieren oder?

That's for getting Galaxy to recognise already installed games (or when you moved the folder). When the game is "imported" and doesn't work, then from the game (where the Start button is) More -> Manage Installation -> Verify/Repair, this should fix broken registry entries and repair missing dlls and stuff.

For installer backup open the library entry in Galaxy, then More -> Backup and Goodies, then the entry/entries below Game Backup Copy.

I don't know how it's called in German, since I don't use GOG in German ;-) Feels kind of "wrong", since I've been here from times when there was only the English site.

But you can contact me in chat, if you want. :-)

Ok thought you speak german ggSo when i click on the gog symbol there is an option called folder scan and import.I think thats the solution if i want to transfer everything i need to play it without galaxy

Oh, ich spreche Deutsch, nur nicht hier im General Forum :-)

Ok, nun doch:

Scan und Import ist nur dafür, wenn man Spiele per Backup-Installer installiert hat, und sie nicht in Galaxy auftauchen. Oder wenn man den Ordner des installierten Spiels verschoben hat und will, daß Galaxy den wieder findet.

Was Du willst, ist die Offline-Backup-Installer herunterladen und auf deine externe HDD zu sichern.

Normale Wege:
Das kannst Du im Browser machen: In Deiner Spielebibliothek das Spiel wählen, dann unter dem blauen Knopf ist der Download-Link, eventuell mußt Du den noch ausklappen.
Oder per Galaxy: Mehr-> dann wahrscheinlich Backup und Extras oder so. Dort dann das Spiel runterladen. Wo der das hinspeichert, kann man in den Optionen vorher einstellen.

Fortgeschritten:
Dann gibt's noch den alten GOG Downloader, oben von mir verlinkt. Da brauchst aber die Downloader-Links, und für die brauchste ein Userscript....
Und für große Spiele-Bibliotheken gibt's GOGrepo.py, ein Python-Script. Das mußte Dir auch selber einrichten, ist ein bissel gepfriemel und dann halt Kommandozeile. Unschlagbar wenn man hunderte Spiele hat...

Für Deine 26 sollte Browser oder Galaxy aber reichen. Galaxy hat den Vorteil, daß der die in die Warteschlange tut und nacheinander runterlädt. Und wenn Du zwischendurch ausmachst, sollte er später weitermachen.

Also wie ich das mit galaxy mache check ich nicht ab.Glaube am einfachsten ist es ich lade es direkt von der hauptseite nochmal runter und das direkt dann auf die externe festplatte.Wäre halt irgendiwe geil wenn das ganze kompremiert wäre, sodass ich dann nur auf setup klicken muss und das spiel dann installiert wird.Ich könnte aber auch eigentlich den ganzen ordner wo die spiele installiert sind einfach kopieren ich weiss aber nicht ob da die ganzen extras mit dabei sind.