There’s no real way to ruin your installation - although any save files that require mods might cause problems. It’s strange Bethesda is making us do this manually, but if you’ve ever tinkered around with installation folders, this shouldn’t be a problem to navigate at all. We’ve got all the super simple instructions below. All you have to do is transfer the files from one folder to another. Well - as it turns out, all your old Skyrim saves should be 100% compatible with the Special Edition. That means that, seemingly, your old save files don’t transfer. It isn’t a replacement either, the Special Edition installs to a new folder. Everyone that owns The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim, and all of its DLC, gets the Skyrim Special Edition totally free on Steam.