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Anonymous
10 years ago
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Do I really need to RE-download the whole game??

HI,  A couple days back, I had to do a clean install of Windows 7 because my computer wouldn't boot any more. Then, I couldn't start SW Battlefront from Origin's app nor from it's folder even though...
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    Carbonic
    10 years ago

    Hi @YourFacexx and welcome to Answers HQ

    How to install a Origin game using a backup, Battlefield 4 used as an example.

    1. Save your BF4 backup from “Origin Games\Battlefield 4” somewhere else
    2. Uninstall BF4 in Origin
    3. Make sure you have the correct installation directory selected in Origin’s settings
    4. Start the BF4 download in the new directory for 2 minutes
    5. Exit Origin
    6. Copy over the backup, overwriting all files
    7. Start Origin again
    8. Look at Origin verifying the files, setting up the changes in the registry and downloading the last files
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lyndeno
10 years ago

This is not working for me origin just starts the download at 15 percent.

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Carbonic
Hero+
10 years ago

Unless there's been an update since the backup was taken it should work @lyndeno - you are the first one I've heard back from who've tried it and it didn't work.

Installing for 2 minutes, exiting Origin, then copy over the backup and starting Origin again should avoid almost all the need for redownloading games on Origin.

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    lyndeno
    10 years ago

    I tried waiting for 2 minutes after starting the download and then copying the game. Now the download starts at around 88 percent. I just downloaded this game last night with a different computer. It's telling me its not playable even though it is past the playable progress. Is it possible some of the files are corrupted?

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      lyndeno
      10 years ago

      Update: After a few minutes of downloading, it went through an installing phase and now it says that the game is playable. I still don't get why origin claims my game is not fully downloaded when in reality it is. EA really needs to do something about this. I still have 3 gb to re download though.

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