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will i be able to transfer my BF3 game download over to another PC ?

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8/17/12 at 2:47pm

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i bought the gamestop downlod of bf3 and and downloaded it then i downloaded origin then i installed BF3 which took about 10 minutes and then i updated it which took a couple of hours. after that it stil didn't launch so i moved my folders around and for some reason origin wants to download the game even if i put the files back it still wants to download the game so i decided to download it on my work computer. So my question is can i transfer BF3 on to my other computer without having to re download it ?

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8/17/12 at 2:52pm

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IM not 100% sure but I dont think you can I had a go at this a while ago

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8/17/12 at 3:00pm

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Yep that works, as long as you retain the original file/folder structure. I've done it a few times when I had to reinstall windows.

Origin says it's downloading, but I think it just verifies the files.

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8/17/12 at 3:14pm

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Yeah what I do is backup the game folder, Install windows, origin, set it to download, close origin, copy folder, replace, open origin, verify install. Worked every time so far

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8/17/12 at 3:40pm

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I stand corrected

good to know tho

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8/17/12 at 9:55pm

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ok now that i feel better i just want to ask one more question. since i have origin on my external hard drive and BF3 is downloading on my external hard drive, do i still have to download origin on my other computer ? also i'm not sure on how to back up the game. And one more thing, since i have everything on my external hard drive do i repeat the steps that you just told me or do i need to do something different ? if so could you tell me ? i know i'm asking alot of questions but right now i'm desperate because i bought this game almost a week ago and i have been spending more time trying to troubleshoot then actually playing the game. so any help would be greatly appreciated.

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8/19/12 at 2:24pm

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I have BF3 on my external drive as well and just used it to install BF3 on my laptop. Here is what I did.

Install Origin
Start download of BF3
Close origin
Copy and replace BF3 folder
Start Origin back up and it automatically finished the install
After that I will right click on BF3 and click repair

Wait for that to finish and everything ran smooth with no problems.

I have done that with several differnt computers and it has worked every time.

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8/19/12 at 2:33pm

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A friend of mine did it by simply copying the entire "Battlefield 3" folder in his "C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\" folder to an external HDD and later pasting it in the same place once Windows was reinstalled. This was on a Macbook Pro but it was still running Windows 7 64-bit in both cases. Origin apparently picked up the game on startup and that was it - it ran. Running a "repair" on the installation once Origin picks it up is not a bad idea at all. It should ensure the game integrity is good and that Origin is happy with BF3's installation.

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8/20/12 at 12:03am

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Should be able to just go to origin DL it, then install it from origins site via your account.

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8/20/12 at 7:19pm

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thanks for the help, i did what you said except repair the game and it worked so now i'm finally able to play BF3. but what sucks is that i start school today as a senior so i won't be able to play it as often as i want to.

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