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Gnomewookie96's avatar
11 years ago

[PC] Installing Mass Effect 2 with disc instead of online download

Okay so I have the Mass Effect Trilogy 6-disc set and I have activated it but only the first game shows up. I have installed and completed ME1 so I wanted to move on to ME2 but I get prompted for activation once again and I have contacted the support team to get more codes and I spent an hour with someone trying to fix it and nothing worked. I can download it simply but no matter what I do, It won't let me install from the disc. I don't have the internet speeds to download 11.5 gbs and that's why I got the discs in the first place. What in the world do I do????

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    11 years ago
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    @Gnomewookie96 When you are reinstalling the game from disc and it was activated once before, you will find that your code is not accepted anymore as it already has been used. Instead of running setup from the disc, use the DOWNLOAD version in your Origin client.

    So to install/Reinstall:

    1) Download and install the latest Origin Client from the website. https://www.origin.com/download (if not installed already)
    2) Login to your Origin client.
    3) Put the game disc in your DVD tray but do not start setup from the disc.
    4) Right click on your game in you Origin client and choose "download"

    Origin should detect the disc inserted and install from it. Once the game has been installed check for updates by right clicking
    the game and choose "check for updates".

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  • @MorningTimeCloud Origin isn't recognizing a disk, it goes straight to download...

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    11 years ago
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    @Gnomewookie96 Try and restart your pc. If not make sure origin is up to date or update it to the beta version. Here is how to do it [Click this link here]

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  • Still no luck, This makes no sense, could it be because the product key that i redeemed is somehow for a different ersion of Mass Effect 2 than what is onthe disks?

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    11 years ago
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    As long as the key is on your account it doesn't matter the disc you use if it is the same version of the game.

    Can you screenshot the version of MA2 that is in your origin library and tell me what the discs say on them?

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  • This is rather embaressing, but I can't figure out how to attach a picture, if you could explain how, I could send you a picture of both ME2 discs as well as the screenshot

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    11 years ago
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    You cant attach a photo on this site, Only higher ranked people can unfortunately. But the best way is to upload it here http://imgur.com/

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  • I am having problems with downloading from disc, it says game is installed but it isnt. What can I do?

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