I did try re-installing Origin but the main issue is that it will no longer detect the base game dvd or any of the dvd's I bought the digital versions for-I tried WA and Pets, but it will detect the other dvds like High End Loft stuff or Seasons, I know the base disc works as I tried it on my mom's computer and it recognized it in the dvd drive, it just will not recognize it on my computer and it worked when I did a complete uninstall and reinstall with the discs 2 years ago, the only difference between then and now was that I got a new video card and installed the EA app
@BonnieLM777 As mentioned, Origin isn't an option anymore, at least not in Windows. For your discs, are there any that you do NOT own in the EA App that are also not detected by your system? If the answer is no, I would suggest installing everything you own within the EA App, then trying to install your remaining disc copies.
However, even if you were to get this to work, it's possible the EA App won't allow these packs to load because you don't own digital copies. It seems to be more strict than Origin in this regard. You can try registering your codes in the App just in case the original owner did not, but I wouldn't count on that working.
If the base game DVD is old enough to not require Origin, you could in theory get an external disc drive and install using that. Instead of spending money, it would be better to borrow one from a friend or family member to see whether it works with your discs. But if your base game copy does require Origin, then this isn't going to help—Origin won't work, so you'll be stuck with the EA App and back where you started.
I haven't tried all the discs, just the base game, WA, Pets (all of which I bought digitally)-they just spin in the drive and my computer will not recognize that there is a disc in the drive, when I put High End Loft stuff or the Seasons disc in, my computer recognizes that there is a disc in the drive-I tried the discs on another computer and that computer recognized the discs just fine, the version of the base game disc I have came with the Starter pack and has the origin logo on the box, but the disc itself I noticed has the labeling of one of the earlier discs, I also tried copying it to a flash drive and was able to get at least the base game reinstalled, I had origin already installed, and the launcher for that came up ok, so then I tried the WA disc and it just spun in the drive, I don't know if this matters or not, but the other thing I remembered, and I only remembered it this morning was that back in March I was having issues with the dvd drive, the computer would not boot to windows if a dvd was left in the drive overnight, I usually left my Seasons disc in the drive all the time and never had issues with it until then, but all of a sudden, it wouldn't boot any further unless I took the disc out when I was done using it, so I suspect it was a driver issue or an update issue that caused it and may be causing this now.
@BonnieLM777 I understand all of that, but there really isn't a way to fix a DVD drive that isn't cooperating. If you're still stuck, I stand by my suggestion to experiment with other drives, perhaps borrowed from friends or family members so you don't have to spend money on another product that might not work.
It sounds from your most recent post on the NRaas site that you might have fixed this, in which case, I'm glad you can go back to playing.
Not yet unfortunately, lol, but I'm going to take it to the computer shop and let them take a look at it tomorrow and hopefully they can figure something out to get the drive to read those discs-I was having issues with the drive before, the main reason why I don't really want to go to all digital versions was that I installed up to Island Paradise about 2 and a half years back and origin did update it to the 1.69 patch, but it really slowed the game down considerably-which was why I did the complete uninstall and reinstall of the game then but only installed up to Seasons, I've gotten more Ram and a new video card since then but I don't want to take the risk.
