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Siany-Barney20's avatar
5 years ago

How to redownload

Hey, im wondering if anyone would be able to help me, i want to have a little play of my old sims 3, i had it on cd my laptop no longer has a cd drive, how do i download my sims again on to my new laptop? when i enter in the redeem code it says its invalid probably because i have already used it on an old laptop. Just wondered if anyone has been able to do it before and may be able to help?
Thanks :smiley:

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  • If you have the physical copies, you also get digital downloads from Origin. So if you don't have the Origin app on your laptop then you can install it. Or if you prefer not to use Origin for your installs, you can buy an external CD drive to hook to your laptop.

    Edit to add that if you a pre-2012 base game and all physical copies of your packs, then you stay on patch 1.67 if you use the external cd drive to install. But if you go the digital downloads, then you will be on patch 1.69.
  • "lisasc360;c-17496811" wrote:
    If you have the physical copies, you also get digital downloads from Origin. So if you don't have the Origin app on your laptop then you can install it. Or if you prefer not to use Origin for your installs, you can buy an external CD drive to hook to your laptop.


    Thank you, i do have origin and cant seem to find it on there amd when i try to download it, it wont let me. Oh ok i have not heard of that may look into one thank you!

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