Dragon Age: Inquisition installation of physical copy to Origin on PC

after reinstalling origin on its standard path, the installation of the game started automatically from DVD... :catvery-happy:

I got the disc error at around 59% (Disc 2). The first time this happened, I checked the disc and eventually canceled the installation and had to start over.

The second time around, I got the same disc error message at 59% (Disc 2). I took the disc out and put it right back in. I left the error message up and didn't click on anything. I noticed the game started copying even though the error message was still on.

At around 66% the installation paused. I figured that it was ready for disc 3 even though I didn't get a prompt. I was right. The error message disappeared and the game has continued to copy to my hard drive. I'm currently at 70% (disc 3).

PC version. 

Got the disc error again at 85% ish on disc 3 and had to re-insert the disc and click on try again for it to continue. I left the error message up again, and at 88% the installation paused, so I changed to disc 4 and it automatically started copying again. The error disappeared and copying is at 90% now.

I guess you just have to re-insert current disc and click on retry when you get disc errors, or change discs if this doesn't work. 33%(disc 2), 66%(disc 3), 88%(disc 4). PC version. Cancelling or downloading game will probably cause you to start over.

Big hassle... Have to remember to never un-install this game ever so that I don't have to go through this again...

Honestly... I am seeing red right now.

Disc 1 fails as with everyone else's issue.  Going offline does not resolve.  Popping/cleaning/reinserting the disc does not resolve.  Putting in one of the other discs gets me past disc 1.  That was after about an hour of banging my head against the desk in frustration and several crashes of the Origin client.

Disc 2 installs with no particular issue.  I finally think I'm past this thing.

Disc 3 installs to the 80% mark, then seems to struggle like disc 1.  I pop it out and back in and it resumes.  ComponentFault crosses his fingers.  Origin client crashes.

Attempts to resume from where I left off fail, so I reinsert disc 1 and it starts ALL OVER AGAIN.  I am currently at 11%.

How does the world's largest game company have such an incredible QA failure? This is one of the most anticipated games of the year.  I also live rural and my internet is wireless... a 24 GB download is just not viable for me.  That's why I went with media in the first place.

Unreal.  Still... not... able... to... restrain... anger...

@RedRedGroovey OH MY GOD THANK YOU!

This worked for me, after hours and hours of trying and googling.

Thanks so much, you're a star 🙂 

wait what? didnt it ask for an activation or saying you can't install in offline mode?

I had the same problem , but with DA: Origins Ultimate Edition. I installed from the disc, and all went ok. When i installed the origin client, it automatically started downloading the game. With all concluded, i tried to launch the game, but a message telling me "insert the game disc" stop me. With the correct disk in drive, i tried via origin client, tried via original shortcut, but same message all the time.

I am writing this , because when i uninstalled the game, uninstalled origin client, and installed the game again from disk, all is working now. Origin client never more.

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@Reshiera wrote:

So i just bought Dragon Age: Inquisition for PC and I inserted the first disc which prompted Origin to open and begin copying the discs after i typed in my activation code. At 64% of the copying process (on disc 2 out of 4) a message popped up saying "disc read error". I clicked 'Try Again' and the copying continued but the notification remained so I closed the notification which ceased the copying process. The only option that remained then was to download the game so I clicked that and it is currently downloading. Does this interruption mean the game will be missing files or does it have no implications? I'm very confused and any insight would be greatly appreciated.

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I've had that happen before with various DVD/CD-based games.  Generally, the cure is to clean the disk that's displaying the read error--it's usually nothing more than a fingerprint or a spot of finger oil/grease that keeps blocking the drive from reading tracks on the disk...Many people don't really know how to properly handle a DVD...you never *touch* the read side with a finger or palm..you grasp the very outer edges of the DVD with your fingertips--always.  It's easy to forget for a second and put a nice, fat fingerprint on the read side of the disk...!  I've done it myself...😉

To clean: turn on luke-warm water at your tap, hold the DVD as instructed above, and let the running water run over the read side of the disk (doesn't really matter what you get on the top of the disk) for a few seconds...then, still holding the disk with your fingertips on the outer edges of the disk, take a *soft*, lint-free towel in your other hand, and begin to dry the disk by a series of strokes starting in the middle of the disk and going straight out to the edge (do *not* rub in circular fashion), going radially until you've dried the entire disk--check the label side and dry that, too (you can rub that dry any way you like), and then put the disk back in the drive and try again.  If somehow the disk has gotten really dirty on the read side, you may have to do it more than once.  When you've finished drying the read side, hold it so that the light reflects off of the disk at a certain angle that will show any fingerprints/grease, etc., that might remain.  If after a thorough attempt at cleaning the disk you are still getting read errors, you probably have a defective DVD.

Most of the time I've noticed that cleaning does the trick--I've had very few DVD/CDs that are defective at purchase--most defective DVDs develop with increased age and handling.