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| Posted: Wednesday, May 11, 2016 at
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I recently got a new laptop. It's great, but it also has no built-in disc drive.
I know the obvious answer would be to go and buy an external dvd plug in drive, and install TW08 using the original factory EA disc that way. But I really don't want to go that route.
How can I do this? Can I copy folders from my desktop pc (where I have TW08 installed) onto a large flash drive, then transfer those folders onto my new laptop? Something tells me that this idea won't work, due to the registry. TIA. |
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| Posted: Wednesday, May 11, 2016 at
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| edited by: Gunpower61 on
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Yes as you said, only copy and paste the TW08 folders won t work.
You also need the registry entrees to get TW08 to work, and you will still need the cd to play.
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| Posted: Friday, May 13, 2016 at
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| I would think that as long as you have a legitimate disk image from your TW disc, you can then install via Daemon or similar program. |
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| Posted: Friday, May 13, 2016 at
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| How about getting someone with original discs to copy them to a USB flash drive and install the game that way? |
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| Posted: Saturday, May 14, 2016 at
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| "How about getting someone with original discs to copy them to a USB flash drive and install the game that way?" |
I believe that this method won't work either. Original discs have a built-code which will not be copied to the flash drive. When you come to install from that, it will be missing the code. |
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| Posted: Saturday, May 14, 2016 at
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Copy/pasting files won't fix the issue
External DVD drive costs 25 bucks and will fix the issue.
What to do, what to do... :) |
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| Posted: Saturday, May 14, 2016 at
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"Copy/pasting files won't fix the issue
External DVD drive costs 25 bucks and will fix the issue.
What to do, what to do... :)" |
Yeah, as I said in my OP, I was afraid of the obvious.
That is, using the external dvd player to get this done.
In my view, this is a bad side to the so called "technological advances" of new laptops (and it seems many desktop pc's, for that matter): no dvd drives built in.
This is the year 2016, and the companies that make this stuff are trying to get rid of anything to do with a disc. Period. They want dvd's and discs to go by the way of the musical eight tracks, cassette tapes, and cd's -as in extinction...lol
Heck, in the old days, they used to give you a backup disc with everything you ever needed on it when you bought a new pc. Now everything is online, or up there in the virtual clouds.
Kind of a bummer, and kind of sad imo.
Thanks for the responses everyone.
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| Posted: Saturday, May 14, 2016 at
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| Code? You mean copyright protection? |
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