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Backing up program files to avoid re-downloading?

bfollowellbfollowell Member Posts: 1
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Is anyone in the know aware if we'll be able to just copy the game files off somewhere to backup, similar to the way people do with the Steam data files, so that if I need to reformat my computer or something, I won't necessarily need to download the whole game again? If I was on "real" high-speed Internet, I wouldn't worry about it so much. Since that isn't available where I live and I'm on bandwidth capped, pseudo-high-speed satellite Internet, I don't want to download this thing anymore than I need to. I'm already thinking it may be time to reformat my computer over the holidays but I don't want to wait a month to download BGEE. Anyway, anyone have any idea?

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  • bigdogchrisbigdogchris Member Posts: 1,336
    Yes, you can copy the BGEEInstaller & Data folder to a safe location. If you need to reinstall, run the BGEEInstaller, copy the data folder back over, then launch & reactivate with your email.
  • bfollowellbfollowell Member Posts: 1
    Cool. Thanks for the info. That will help quite a bit.
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