I just picked up a new PC after my old one died, and I have a couple of questions:

• Will Steam allow me to install on the new machine from the same CD using the same key?
  
• Is there any way to transfer characters from the old machine to the new one?
  
• Can game saves from the old machine be transferred to the new machine and recognized?

The HDD on the old machine is still readable, so I can retrieve whatever I want from it.

Thanks!

Yes, you log in to the Steam account.

Yes, copy your save files.

Yes, see above.

Copy the entire steam folder over to the new PC and run Steam.exe

Copy any profile directories for your games from C:\Users\\Documents and C:\Users\\Documents\My Games

Worked fine...thanks!