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Hi guys, if I reinstall windows will I lose my games on origin... okay.. that sounds stupid I know but I dont want to have to explain to my mom that I lost like 200 bucks in games

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There's not even a question and you won't lose your games

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No. You will not lose your games. Once you re-install Windows and Origin and signed into your account, your games will be listed for re-download. Same goes for Steam.

"It pays to keep an open mind, but not so open your brain falls out." - Carl Sagan.

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Off topic, but your like button (for post) seems to be higher up than normal, about 2.5 cm above where it should be. :o

Haha that's very accurate

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Hi guys, if I reinstall windows will I lose my games on origin... okay.. that sounds stupid I know but I dont want to have to explain to my mom that I lost like 200 bucks in games

 

You do not need to download them again.

 

Just backup the game folders and then copy them back after you reinstall Origin

and have Origin recheck the files and it will rebuild any registry entries and create icons for each.

 

If you don't have a drive to store the game folders on then use Winrar to compress the each game folder into DVD (Single or Dual-layer)

chunks and burn them.     Or on Blu-ray if you have a burner.

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