My desktop doesn't have a disc drive so I'm planning on copying the files from the DVD to a USB key via a different computer, then copying that to my HDD and installing from there. Before I start these long copies: Is this going to work, or does the installer do any sort of DRM check on the install media?

(I have a HotS disc, but feel free to answer for WoL as well.)

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The game files do not need to be installed on the computer you will be using it on.

You can install the game to the USB from the machine with DVD drive and then copy the game files from the USB over to your computer without DVD drive.

The advantage of this solution, compared to copying the DVD files to the USB and then installing on the computer without DVD drive, is that you can take the USB to a machine with a good internet connection and update the game, because even when installing from DVD you should expect to download a 1-3 Gb patch.

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I'm not aware of any install problems like this. I did one of the original WoL installs across a network but I haven't tried it with HotS, because HotS was already downloaded on top of all existing updated installs of WoL.

If you already have WoL installed and updated, you shouldn't need to upgrade to HotS.

If you don't have WoL installed, you can also download it from Battle.net

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I think it might be doable, but you can just use the CD key to activate your game on battle.net and download it from there. You'll be downloading a big patch anyway even if you use the on disc files (I used thedisc and still downloaded some files)

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I did absolutely the same with WoL and it works well! You don't need any additional activation (I assume you bought the game and created the battle net account).

If you have any issues please ask, will try to help you with that.

P.S. Also I've copied game a lot of times from one disk to another (in order to avoid reinstallation/redownload) - it works fine.