The ME1 save must be in the default location that the ME2 install expects to find them. (Same for importing from ME2 to ME3.)
So for a standard EA/Origin install of both ME1 and ME2, the expected location for the ME1 save is:
"C:\Users\<username>\Documents\BioWare\Mass Effect\Save". Adjust accordingly for your own install of ME2!
*THIS WORKED FOR ME* Thanks so much for the simplified solution with the necessary steps.
\rant Thank you for the help, EA's customer service over the phone was complete **bleep**. 😕mileymad: Talking to an Indian guy (No offense) who obviously has no fricken clue what we are doing. When I contacted them again I go ahold of someone else they asked me the same questions. For a Company who is desperately trying to re-shape their image, they still have mountains to climb over. When i had a problem with DOTA 2 I emailed customer support at steam and they e-mailed me back in 1 hour saying that the solution had been resolved in a patch. (I was at work.) For a problem that so many people have you think they would resolve this matter in a simpler manner instead of letting the community figure it out. /rant
as a side note for any others: I had to re-install 2 times to get it to work, to do this without the game taking hours just delete the MassEffect2.exe application. Origin will detect that its gone and re-install only that file. it takes a few seconds.
