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Aug 16, 2006, 08:58 PM // 20:58
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Banned
Join Date: May 2005
Guild: I'm currently looking for a PvP guild
Profession: W/
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Possible to download on one comp, then move to another?
Hey, I was just wanting to know if it is possible to download the newest updates for Guild Wars on one computer, and then move them to a different computer? My grandparents have 56k, and I would like to be able to play when I head over to visit them, but I don't want to have to spend two days just downloading everything. I already have Prophecies and Factions installed on their computer, but there are no updates. Any help would be appreciated.
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Aug 16, 2006, 09:26 PM // 21:26
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Krytan Explorer
Join Date: Dec 2005
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I think you can put the gw.dat file on a disk and transfer it. I'm not sure if you also need to add the client as well or not.
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Aug 16, 2006, 09:52 PM // 21:52
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Tech Monkeh Mod
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Good Old North East of England
Profession: Mo/Me
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Yup as was said you should just be able to copy your dat file and paste it into the guildwars folder on your grandparents pc, although I have never tried this, in theory it should work.
Post your results back here once you have tried it. 
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Aug 16, 2006, 10:04 PM // 22:04
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Furnace Stoker
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: United States
Guild: Dark Side Ofthe Moon [DSM]
Profession: E/
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It does, I reloaded my pc (but burned my gw.dat file to dvd+r before hand) ran guildwars installer (just enough to get a log in screen) from the web then swapped the gw.dat file on more then one occasion.
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Aug 16, 2006, 10:07 PM // 22:07
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Banned
Join Date: May 2005
Guild: I'm currently looking for a PvP guild
Profession: W/
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Thanks, will try asap
 EDIT: I looked to see how big the .dat file was... its 2.7 gigs! My pen drive only holds 1gig... is there anyway to split the DAT file up into a few pieces? Last edited by What Now Homie; Aug 17, 2006 at 01:04 AM // 01:04.. |
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Aug 17, 2006, 05:24 AM // 05:24
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Krytan Explorer
Join Date: Dec 2005
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DvD-r? Usually holds around 5 gigs, but im not sure if you can copy that file type onto it.
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Aug 17, 2006, 05:58 PM // 17:58
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Jungle Guide
Join Date: Dec 2005
Guild: Mystical Chaos
Profession: E/
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You can try compressing it using WinRar or Winzip. Both allow you to break the compressed file into multiple pieces. Just set it to make 1 gig files, then tranfer them over one at a time and uncompress.
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Aug 17, 2006, 09:58 PM // 21:58
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Frost Gate Guardian
Join Date: May 2006
Location: TN
Guild: Heroes ETC
Profession: D/A
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Try using 7zip. Somehow it gives better compression than winrar.
http://www.7-zip.org/ |
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