Games purchased on the internet that have been downloaded, rather than a cd copy?

Is it possible to copy a game I bought off the internet that I could use to reinstall the game with if my computer goes down? I went back to my computer it is 'out of the box state"twice and lost a lot of things. I am a member of an online gaming site, but won't continue to pay for it indefinitely and would like a return to the games I bought purely and simply from them but has been downloaded on the net rather from a cd. Any way to do it?

Is it possible to copy a game I bought off the internet that I could use to reinstall the game with if my computer goes down? I went back to my computer it is 'out of the box state"twice and lost a lot of things. I am a member of an online gaming site, but won't continue to pay for it indefinitely and would like a return of the games I bought purely and simply on their part but has been downloaded on the net instead of a CD. Any way to do it?

I think that the initial response missed the fundamental question of OPs here. Laughing out loud

Yes you can do it. You have to find where it has been downloaded installation package, and then simply burn it to a CD/DVD or copy to a second external hard drive.

Find that files can be tricky depending on the site on which you bought them since I used Steam and D2D EA. I find that D2D is the easiest to find, in full-on my default download folder. :) In fact some games when it is burned on a DVD becomes actually identical to a retail copy. EA has been a little hard to find, but I was able to locate them and save them. They seem to end up in a temporary folder that is nested in the EA downloader program folder. I have a Steam game only and did not bother to look, is installing the files, it was not very large, so another download won't kill me. For any other service, I can't say I'm afraid, but they shouldn't be too hard to find.

Now as to when you don't have to reinstall a game, the first response was quite correct. Things will vary depending on the site that provided the file. Actually it is a website providing different editors, things vary even from game to game. For example, I bought the lions share of my download of D2D games, Gothic 3 necessary only the time of an audit the first that I installed it, with many patches community game, I did about 4 uninstall / reinstall and everything was perfect. However, I have 2 Ubisoft games, man needs to be reactivated almost every time I install new drivers video, as well my account for the game was only 5 reactivations until I emailed D2D. The other match, settlers, needs than the wake on a reinstall.

So, my advice is to check with each provider, as to what happens if you use a back upward rather than download it again very carefully. If they try to tell you that you cannot save all files, you must explain to them it's your legal right to do back ups . That is, your just not allowed to circumvent any copy protection check / user in the process.

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