How do I install from disc without download?
Managed to piece together the listed below after doing a few searches.
If you've already started to download ME3 from Origin you'll need to:
1) Stop the download.
2) Close Origin
3) Remove any ME3 files on your computer from the halted install.
Edit Note: Recommend copying any saved games from: "C:\Users\NAME\Documents\BioWare\Mass Effect 3\Save" into a safe location before deleting anything.
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To install ME3 from the disc:
1) Install Origin and make sure it's updated to its current version.
2) Close Origin.
3) Restart Origin.
4) Enter your Mass Effect 3 Code in Origin. ** Do not begin the download from within Origin. **
5) Close out of Origin by right clicking the Origin Icon in the System Tray --> Exit
6) From ME3 disc 1 run setup.exe. Origin should start and ME3 should begin downloading
Edit: Format.
[EDIT: You *must* be connected to the internet and logged onto EA/Origin to begin the installation. Once the game is properly registered to your Origin account, then you can stop the download, put Origin in "Off-line mode", disconnect/disable your network connection, and complete the install from disc. It's a pain, I know. But it can be done. 😇 --TNL ]
