I accidently reinstalled my game< now I have to download it

[ducky181]

hello everyone i bought sky rim off the disc, yesterday I placed it into my pc downloaded and started to play it, However it gept crashing constantly for the first 5 or 10 minutes so I decided to re install it" STUPID DECISION"

now I have to install all the 5 gigs from the internet my internet does not have the ability to do this< is there any way I can install it using the disc again not having to download every single file from the internet cause I re installed it

Thank you.

[raymondNZdnd]

This is a copy paste of something someone else posted (and I forget who sorry!!)

 

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Posted 02 November 2011 - 09:29 PM

 

 

I thought it worth posting this before peoples disks start dropping through

the letterbox. As we know from New Vegas having the game on DVD doesn't mean

that Steam will actually use the DVD to install the game, you put the DVD in,

Steam then ignores it and downloads the thing instead. This is fine for most

of us but no good for those with limited bandwidth or a crappy connection.

 

This is how you force Steam to install from the DVD......

 

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Using Steam launch options to install retail games from disc

 

* Log in to Steam and click on Library.

* Right-click on the game, select Delete local content, and confirm.

Insert the first disc into your computer.

Close Steam (Steam > Exit).

Press Windows Key + R to open Run

In the Run window type:

 

"C:\Program Files\Steam\Steam.exe" -install E:

 

Replace E: with the CD/DVD drive you are installing from if is not correct.

Replace C:\Program Files\Steam if your Steam installation is not

in the default location.

Press OK.

 

Steam will launch and ask you to sign in if you do not have your password

saved. Your installation should continue from the disc.

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*(The first two lines are for those reinstalling a game, ignore those.)

 

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=5357-FSQM-0382

 

For me that line would be "F:\Steam\Steam.exe" -install D:

 

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I followed the Steam support page instructions when I had to reinstall Civ V recently,

and there were no issues with reinstalling from disk. (Had to change the drive letter, that's all)