I'm answering this from memory so I may be totally wrong, but I seem
to remember that somewhere during the Office install you have the
option to save the install point to the hard drive. This creates a
folder called MSOCache. Future repair installs or installs of
additional features use this point and do not require the CD. Search
Google for more information.

Brian

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But couldn't that be changed in the registry? Say I installed from
CD D:\Setup. Later the CD is copied to the external. For a
modification, couldn't I just change the registry to point to
W:\Word\Setup?

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"DL" address@invalid wrote in message
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If you install from an external source then any time you run a
repair or
similar it will look for the origonal source location, which
includes the
drive letter assigned at the time.


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I'm still using Word XP and Excel 2000. Occasionally I need to
update, or
something goes wrong and I have to reinstall. Each time, I've got
those
CD's in and out of the CD player several times. They're starting
to get
scratched.

I'd like to place an image of each CD on an External HD and use
that as my
installation source. Is that possible? Any drawbacks or tricks
that I
should be aware of?

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