I normally use Steam, but after purchasing the latest Humble Bundle I acquired several Origin games. My main hard drive is a 128GB SSD, but it's is almost full. I like to keep a few games I'm playing on there, and the rest installed on my 1TB secondary drive. In Steam it is simple and easy to select a game and chose which hard drive to install it to. Is there a way to do this on Origin?
The only thing I've found so far is this:http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/16226/complete-guide-to-symbolic-links-symlinks-on-windows-or-linux/
If you get the disc version you get both the disc and access to the origin download. Not only that but the fix for the graphics problem on later systems only worked for my disc version and not the origin download so now I'm stuck with muddy graphics. This will add the game into Origin, and it can then be downloaded onto any computer where. Oct 14, 2016 How can I move it over without having to re download the game for 15 hours. I have already tried just moving the game and deleting it from my hard drive, but that doesn't work. 0 USAFRet Titan. [Guide] Moving/Reinstalling Origin and Games Without Re-Downloading. I am trying to figure out why I have to download the game from my origin client when I have the game disk in my computer and have been trying to install in from the disk for the past hour, it doenst make alot of sense that you have to buy the game and then download it instead of just installing it directly from the disk. Origin Download & Origin CD KEY Activation Guide. After you finish with the account creation you will need to download Origin in order to activate a cd key and download the game. Origin Download. If you want to download Origin you NEED to have a registered account. To download Origin click the small gray download text on the left of their. I got the Sims 4 game from the store it came with 2 disks. When I put in disk #1 it sends me to origin and I have to download from the site. Why can't I install from the hardcopy disks.
Seems a little OTT for what should be a simple procedure.
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Yes, it is possible.
- Go to Origin advanced settings and setup the folder for your games.
- Download and install the games you want to install under that folder.
- Repeat the process for all hard drives you want to use.
It will not move the game you already installed on another drive. It will simply notify you that the games already installed will not be moved and you can continue.
Steam Mover (as its name suggests) was written to move Steam games. However, it works by simply copying all files from one location to another, then creating a junction point where the old files used to be. This means that all you need to do is locate the bulk of the game files you would like to move, and use Steam Mover to move them. This would work for Steam, Origin, installs from CDs, anything.
As a side note, it can be used to move applications, document folders, etc. It's best set up for moving folders between two parent folders, tho, much as you would if you had a games folder on your SSD, and one on your HDD.
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This is how I did it for Mass Effect 3 and Need For Speed Most Wanted from D to J:. You can modify the commands to suit your needs.
Step 1:
Move the game folders of the desired games you would like to migrate to another hard drive or volume.
Step 2:
After the folders and files themselves have been moved into the desired volume, open a console with Winkey+R - type cmd press enter and use mklink in the newely opened cmd console window to make a so called symbolik link between the old and new folder locations, like this:
Don't forget double quotes if you have spaces in the folder names and the /d switch.
This basically tells the Windows OS to use a symlink, and thus this 'trick' works application-wide.
You are done.
After this in the Origin UI the 'Play' button becomes again available for the desired games, eventhough, they now reside on another HDD/SSD volume.