Guild Wars 2

I just got a new computer with Windows 8. I currently play GW2 on a computer with Windows 7. I have the original DVD media.

I’ve searched the forums and read several posts about people installing GW2 on a new computer without doing the full download. The method, as I understand it, is something like:

1. Start the installation from the original DVD;
2. Cancel out once the download starts;
3. Copy over key files (e.g., the large *.dat) directly to the new computer.
4. Start up GW2 and let it run its file authentication.

Assuming I understand this correctly (which I may not), will this same process work if I am copying large files between the two different Windows operating systems?

This would save me a lot of time, given my somewhat slow internet connection. Any info or advice is appreciated.

matthen.5024:

I just got a new computer with Windows 8. I currently play GW2 on a computer with Windows 7. I have the original DVD media.

I’ve searched the forums and read several posts about people installing GW2 on a new computer without doing the full download. The method, as I understand it, is something like:

1. Start the installation from the original DVD;
2. Cancel out once the download starts;
3. Copy over key files (e.g., the large *.dat) directly to the new computer.
4. Start up GW2 and let it run its file authentication.

Assuming I understand this correctly (which I may not), will this same process work if I am copying large files between the two different Windows operating systems?

This would save me a lot of time, given my somewhat slow internet connection. Any info or advice is appreciated.

If I understand you correctly, you’re simply trying to copy over the GW2 game from a computer with Windows 7 to a different computer with Windows 8?

If that’s the case then you simply just copy over the GW2 executable and GW2 data file over to the new system in whatever folder you want. (i.e. c:\games\gw2) You’ll have to redo a few settings but that’s essentially it.

You don’t need to ‘reinstall’ – it’s a self-contained game that just requires you to copy those files and that’s it.

Jand

Thanks Jand…. I’ll give it a shot.