Can't play game after moving off of external hard drive

Hi there, 

In order for the EA app to recognize the game files, you need to first start the download and wait until it reaches at least 2%, to then move the game files into that folder and then when you continue the download, it should recognize the files and finish the installation without having to download the full game again. 

Since you don't have much space on your current drive, I'd suggest moving the game to your external drive, starting the download, waiting till it reaches 2% and then moving the files from the external drive to their right location. However, it's worth mentioning that if you're very low on storage space, you might run into other tech issues while playing the game.