No - this was Western Digital's "Data Lifguard" software. Works just like
MaxBlast (probably the same program with a different GUI) so I wouldn't be
surprised if it's the same problem. I'll reconnect the new drive and see.





"Brian Tillman" wrote:

Garylk wrote:

Lanwench suggested running "Detect and Repair" (which apparently
worked) or reinstalling Office. Unfortunately I can't do either.

When I try that, I get a message to the effect that the patch I'm
trying to access is unavailable.

Let me guess... You added a Maxtor hard drive and used MaxBlast to do the
port. The same thing happened to me back in 2005 and the problem was that
MaxBlast did not copy the (hidden) folder \Windows\Installer from the old
drive. I manually copied that folder to fix the problem. I contacted
Maxtor about it, but they denied there was a problem. Since then, I've seen
other people also report the issue.
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Brian Tillman