reinstalling FFXI

ive just had to reinstal ffxi and POL on a new pc, i have some old cd's like the ffxi vanadiel collection which contains ffxi+RotZ+CoP but wont work on windows 7 so i had to download POL through
http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/download/media/vista01.html?pageID=media

however this is only POL and not ffxi, ive logged into my POL and cant play ffxi because it isnt installed and i cant install ffxi from the CD because it says POL isnt installed (when it is because i downloaded and installed it from the link above).

can anyone shed some light on this?

im also not up for buying the whole game and all the expansions again just so i can play it on my new system

Is the CD version also US?

UK version

im now gonna try installing POL+FFxi+the 2 expansions from the CD, THEN install the POL from the link to update the CD POL, see if that works

still wondering though why they dont have the ffxi game + expansions to download for SE members anyway since weve already payed for the game and also the monthly payments we should be able to download more than just POL only.

just go torrent the game and install it from there

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Originally Posted by Clou777

UK version

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It might be because you got the wrong regional version?

http://www.playonline.com/ff11eu/dow...l?pageID=media

you noted you got it from the US page via this link:

http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/dow...l?pageID=media

Note the ff11us vs. ff11eu in the URL. IDK if it's different installers or not, but they are on region specific URL's, so it's possible.

http://www.playonline.com/ff11eu/dow...l?pageID=media

Scroll down. You'll need to run setup programs lurking within individual folders.

ah thanks guys, but still will i be able to download the other ffxi expansions instead of having to repay for them?