Guild Wars 2

When I insert the DVD to install the game, the client/installation file defaults to my C:/ drive which is a 64GB Solid State Drive that is nearly full that I purchased for booting up Windows 7 Professional as quickly as possible. I would like to install the game and files to another drive and I’m not sure how to accomplish it as I’m not asked where I’d like to install the game…very frustrating.

I did end up downloading the game files from the GW site (and registered a new account and also input the Serial Code given with the retail purchase), but what I’m not sure about is whether the special bonus files that come with the Heroic Edition on the DVD got downloaded as well. Therefore, I’m wondering if I will have to do the DVD install in order to get the bonus files. And if that is the case, I will need to install to a separate drive as I mentioned in the opening paragraph. (Btw, the downloaded version did allow me to designate a separate drive/folder for the installation.)

Can anyone help me with this? (I’m hoping that there’s a simple solution.)

When you download the files directly, it downloads the entire game, the CD key is what unlocks certain parts, be it Collectors, normal, Heroic etc, so if your CD key is Heroic, then you will unlock the items linked to that CD Key,

As for install folder, the entire game will download to 1 file, is will be approx 17-20gb you can move the GW2 file to any harddrive and it will play,

When installing, you should beable to change the directly path manually, by highlighting the C: and changing to D,E,F etc depending on your setup.

Ty, “Ok I Did It”.

I was hoping that the bonus files would automatically be downloaded, too, so that’s good news. But, fyi, the DVD install wouldn’t let me edit the location or change the drive or directory of the install.

It should have let you. I was able to when I installed form a DVD and then waited for it to download the additional 4 GB.

Download the client from the website, put it in whatever place on your computer you want it, run it. When it starts downloading the main stuff, you can stop it, and use your DVD to continue the install in that location instead of your little C: drive. It should work just fine – and if you really need those files off the DVD, just browse the DVD and get them.