WoW Forums: Why isn’t there a DVD version of WoW and Burning Crusade?

Before you go out to search for the mysterious Azeroth and Outland locations, Traproot from the World of Warcraft forums has a very basic question to ask – “Why isn’t there a DVD version of WoW/WoWBC?”. He mentions that re-installing both WoW and The Burning Crusade at the same time is  such a pain since you have to go through 9-10 discs. Other posters are asking the same thing, so thank heavens that Blizzard poster Drysc cleared the air and said:

The Collector’s Editions contain DVD’s, so that’s a possible solution if you can find a copy. You can also create your own DVD by copying all of the Tome files into a single directory and then burning the contents of that directory as a DVD. Instructions on how to copy those files can be found here http://www.blizzard.com/support/wow/?id=aww01635p but the burning portion you’ll have to figure out yourself with whatever software you use to do so. I believe you can also still obtain demo discs from some retailers, for the original game only of course, for a dollar or two.

He also adds that “when creating your own DVD from the CD’s you already own, as I outlined and linked to, the game installs exactly the same as it would if you had the Collector’s Edition DVD. Seamless.”

Before you go out to search for the mysterious Azeroth and Outland locations, Traproot from the World of Warcraft forums has a very basic question to ask – “Why isn’t there a DVD version of WoW/WoWBC?”. He mentions that re-installing both WoW and The Burning Crusade at the same time is  such a pain since you have to go through 9-10 discs. Other posters are asking the same thing, so thank heavens that Blizzard poster Drysc cleared the air and said:

The Collector’s Editions contain DVD’s, so that’s a possible solution if you can find a copy. You can also create your own DVD by copying all of the Tome files into a single directory and then burning the contents of that directory as a DVD. Instructions on how to copy those files can be found here http://www.blizzard.com/support/wow/?id=aww01635p but the burning portion you’ll have to figure out yourself with whatever software you use to do so. I believe you can also still obtain demo discs from some retailers, for the original game only of course, for a dollar or two.

He also adds that “when creating your own DVD from the CD’s you already own, as I outlined and linked to, the game installs exactly the same as it would if you had the Collector’s Edition DVD. Seamless.”