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17th Jul 2008, 6:43 AM
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 I lost all of my downloads! :(
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grae8
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I thought there would be more on the subject because I'm sure I'm not the first person to have this happen to but I didn't find anything. I downloaded free time and went to play it. When I was playing ALL of my previous downloads were gone! All of them! Not only that but all of my saved games were gone. I thought I backed up the files like they said too. So while cursing hysterically i proceeded to go to my downloads folder to see what might be wrong and its not even there! I'm completely lost! I have no idea how to get them back and I don't even know if theres a way but if there is PLEASE HELP ME! |
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17th Jul 2008, 6:50 AM
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callistra
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When you say you backed them up.. what -exactly- did you do? If you moved them somewhere while you were installing you have to move them back after you're done installing. |
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17th Jul 2008, 6:57 AM
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grae8
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I'm very confused I think I found my downloads file in C:\Program Files\ModTheSims2.com\Q-Xpress Installer I didn't even know I had that and there all in zip form and I still don't know where my saved games are. |
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17th Jul 2008, 7:46 AM
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G.O.C.
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You need to answer "callistra's" question about how you backed up your files!! |
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Life is for LIVING so, LIVE it and have Fun Please use "spell check" when posting!!! Prejudice is the child of ignorance. |
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17th Jul 2008, 7:53 AM
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grae8
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Oh sorry I moved them to the desktop it worked all the other times I downloaded expansion packs I thought it would work again. |
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17th Jul 2008, 8:23 AM
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callistra
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Okay so to back up your files you moved the entire EA Games folder from My Docs to the desktop? So now that you have the game installed you have to move them back. Copy and paste the entire folder back into My Documents. When you installed the game and ran it the first time the game automatically generated fresh files, since your saved files were on the desktop. Just get rid of the fresh generated files in My Docs and put the ones on the desktop back. |
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17th Jul 2008, 8:30 AM
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grae8
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17th Jul 2008, 8:44 AM
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callistra
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Hmmm .. well it won't just jump off the desktop. You must have moved it somewhere else by mistake somehow. Try searching for 'EA Games'.. see if you can find the folder. If you have Vista do a 'search everywhere' and tell it to 'search file names only' not indexes. If you have XP just have it search the entire hard drive. |
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17th Jul 2008, 8:54 AM
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grae8
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I'm only missing my downloads folder and saved game files. I did a search for ea games downloads and found nothing.  I think there deleted or something I don't know what to do?
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17th Jul 2008, 9:15 AM
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There's no way for us to tell you what you did with the files. If your search doesn't come up with anything then I don't know what to tell you. I don't think there's anything we can do. FYI next time you back up your game you need to copy your ENTIRE EA Games folder under My Docs. Those are your game files. The only folder that should actually be removed, not just backed up is your downloads folder. The entire EA Games folder should be backed up and set aside, but not removed, so that you have a copy in case something goes wrong during install. The downloads folder needs to actually be removed before you install. We have guides on this: http://www.sims2wiki.info/wiki.php?...fore_Installing http://www.sims2wiki.info/wiki.php?...e_Help:Back_Ups |
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Last edited by callistra : 17th Jul 2008 at 9:26 AM.
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17th Jul 2008, 9:29 AM
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G.O.C.
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You said in post #3 that you found some downloads in in C:\Program Files\ModTheSims2.com\Q-Xpress Installer so, make a new "Downloads" folder (don't forget to spell it correctly- "D" and an "s" on the end (without the ") ) and then unzip the files to that folder. |
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Life is for LIVING so, LIVE it and have Fun Please use "spell check" when posting!!! Prejudice is the child of ignorance. |
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17th Jul 2008, 1:02 PM
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Whiterider
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Indeed - those are the Q-X's temp files, unzipping them back to Downloads will work fine. They are, however, only the files you downloaded from MTS2 using the Q button. You moved your EA Games folder to your desktop, then what? It vanished? |
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18th Jul 2008, 12:25 AM
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grae8
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All of my downloads are deleted. I uploaded the few in the Q express file but I'm just gonna have to redownload stuff. ALOT of stuff. :\ |
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18th Jul 2008, 4:26 AM
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G.O.C.
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I'm sorry we can't help you further! It is a mystery as to what happened to your EA games folder though, do you think you may have deleted it from your desktop in a fit of peek? Something like, "oh, what's this doing here, I don't need it as I've got one already?" Any how, when you have all your new downloads, downloaded, put them on a cd/dvd then you won't loose them again! (I have a separate folder called, "sims downloads" and I burn them onto a rewritable dvd at regular intervals) |
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Life is for LIVING so, LIVE it and have Fun Please use "spell check" when posting!!! Prejudice is the child of ignorance. |
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