Problem installing Office 2000 Professional

I previously installed Office 2000 Prof on computer with no problem. Due to
computer problems I had to install system recovery disks. Then when I tried
to re-install Ofc with disk 1 in the tray of the drive I got the message that
there is no disk in the tray. Why is the disk not recognized as being in the
tray & how can I run the installation. Thanks for your help.

Sound more like a problem with your cd drive than office cd.
Are other cd's recognised?

"Barry" wrote in message
...
I previously installed Office 2000 Prof on computer with no problem. Due
to
computer problems I had to install system recovery disks. Then when I
tried
to re-install Ofc with disk 1 in the tray of the drive I got the message
that
there is no disk in the tray. Why is the disk not recognized as being in
the
tray & how can I run the installation. Thanks for your help.

Thanks DL. Yes other CDs open normally only had problem with Office Disk 1 &
Click to DVD not opening. I tested Office disk #2 & it opened. Someone
mentioned that I may have installed the program more than 3 times which may
be the problem. Microsoft support said that a message would appear saying
that if it was the case. I did notice that the disk had a couple of scratches
on it & ran a disk recovery program which did not detect any files on the
disk. As if the program just disappeared off the disk. Any ideas?

"DL" wrote:

Sound more like a problem with your cd drive than office cd.
Are other cd's recognised?

"Barry" wrote in message
...
I previously installed Office 2000 Prof on computer with no problem. Due
to
computer problems I had to install system recovery disks. Then when I
tried
to re-install Ofc with disk 1 in the tray of the drive I got the message
that
there is no disk in the tray. Why is the disk not recognized as being in
the
tray & how can I run the installation. Thanks for your help.

I would try disk 1 on a different system and see if it can be read.
If the disk is bad then your out of luck as production of the office 2000
media has been discontinued.
"Barry" wrote in message
...
Thanks DL. Yes other CDs open normally only had problem with Office Disk
1 &
Click to DVD not opening. I tested Office disk #2 & it opened. Someone
mentioned that I may have installed the program more than 3 times which
may
be the problem. Microsoft support said that a message would appear saying
that if it was the case. I did notice that the disk had a couple of
scratches
on it & ran a disk recovery program which did not detect any files on the
disk. As if the program just disappeared off the disk. Any ideas?

"DL" wrote:

Sound more like a problem with your cd drive than office cd.
Are other cd's recognised?

"Barry" wrote in message
...
I previously installed Office 2000 Prof on computer with no problem.
Due
to
computer problems I had to install system recovery disks. Then when I
tried
to re-install Ofc with disk 1 in the tray of the drive I got the
message
that
there is no disk in the tray. Why is the disk not recognized as being
in
the
tray & how can I run the installation. Thanks for your help.

Thanks Can-So. Disk 1 does not work on other computers. I have office
installed on an old computer that I only use to run an old DOS program. Is
there a way to remove it from the old computer & install it on my new one?
Also do you know anything about Open Office supposedly it's compatible with
MS Office?
Thanks.

"Can-So" wrote:

I would try disk 1 on a different system and see if it can be read.
If the disk is bad then your out of luck as production of the office 2000
media has been discontinued.
"Barry" wrote in message
...
Thanks DL. Yes other CDs open normally only had problem with Office Disk
1 &
Click to DVD not opening. I tested Office disk #2 & it opened. Someone
mentioned that I may have installed the program more than 3 times which
may
be the problem. Microsoft support said that a message would appear saying
that if it was the case. I did notice that the disk had a couple of
scratches
on it & ran a disk recovery program which did not detect any files on the
disk. As if the program just disappeared off the disk. Any ideas?

"DL" wrote:

Sound more like a problem with your cd drive than office cd.
Are other cd's recognised?

"Barry" wrote in message
...
I previously installed Office 2000 Prof on computer with no problem.
Due
to
computer problems I had to install system recovery disks. Then when I
tried
to re-install Ofc with disk 1 in the tray of the drive I got the
message
that
there is no disk in the tray. Why is the disk not recognized as being
in
the
tray & how can I run the installation. Thanks for your help.

Open Office has most of the abilities of Office except for the collaboration
ability and email/PIM. If you are using this for home use, it is probably
adequate. I haven't tried the latest version but others work well enough
for simple tasks.

--�
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After furious head scratching, Barry asked:

| Thanks Can-So. Disk 1 does not work on other computers. I have office
| installed on an old computer that I only use to run an old DOS
| program. Is there a way to remove it from the old computer & install
| it on my new one? Also do you know anything about Open Office
| supposedly it's compatible with MS Office?
| Thanks.
|
| "Can-So" wrote:
|
|| I would try disk 1 on a different system and see if it can be read.
|| If the disk is bad then your out of luck as production of the office
|| 2000 media has been discontinued.
|| "Barry" wrote in message
|| ...
||| Thanks DL. Yes other CDs open normally only had problem with
||| Office Disk 1 &
||| Click to DVD not opening. I tested Office disk #2 & it opened.
||| Someone mentioned that I may have installed the program more than 3
||| times which may
||| be the problem. Microsoft support said that a message would appear
||| saying that if it was the case. I did notice that the disk had a
||| couple of scratches
||| on it & ran a disk recovery program which did not detect any files
||| on the disk. As if the program just disappeared off the disk. Any
||| ideas?
|||
||| "DL" wrote:
|||
|||| Sound more like a problem with your cd drive than office cd.
|||| Are other cd's recognised?
||||
|||| "Barry" wrote in message
|||| ...
||||| I previously installed Office 2000 Prof on computer with no
||||| problem. Due
|||| to
||||| computer problems I had to install system recovery disks. Then
||||| when I tried to re-install Ofc with disk 1 in the tray of the
||||| drive I got the message
|||| that
||||| there is no disk in the tray. Why is the disk not recognized as
||||| being in
|||| the
||||| tray & how can I run the installation. Thanks for your help.

Thanks Milly,
What do you mean by collaboration ability and email/PIM? I may be using it
for home & small business.
Barry

"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

Open Office has most of the abilities of Office except for the collaboration
ability and email/PIM. If you are using this for home use, it is probably
adequate. I haven't tried the latest version but others work well enough
for simple tasks.

--�
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After furious head scratching, Barry asked:

| Thanks Can-So. Disk 1 does not work on other computers. I have office
| installed on an old computer that I only use to run an old DOS
| program. Is there a way to remove it from the old computer & install
| it on my new one? Also do you know anything about Open Office
| supposedly it's compatible with MS Office?
| Thanks.
|
| "Can-So" wrote:
|
|| I would try disk 1 on a different system and see if it can be read.
|| If the disk is bad then your out of luck as production of the office
|| 2000 media has been discontinued.
|| "Barry" wrote in message
|| ...
||| Thanks DL. Yes other CDs open normally only had problem with
||| Office Disk 1 &
||| Click to DVD not opening. I tested Office disk #2 & it opened.
||| Someone mentioned that I may have installed the program more than 3
||| times which may
||| be the problem. Microsoft support said that a message would appear
||| saying that if it was the case. I did notice that the disk had a
||| couple of scratches
||| on it & ran a disk recovery program which did not detect any files
||| on the disk. As if the program just disappeared off the disk. Any
||| ideas?
|||
||| "DL" wrote:
|||
|||| Sound more like a problem with your cd drive than office cd.
|||| Are other cd's recognised?
||||
|||| "Barry" wrote in message
|||| ...
||||| I previously installed Office 2000 Prof on computer with no
||||| problem. Due
|||| to
||||| computer problems I had to install system recovery disks. Then
||||| when I tried to re-install Ofc with disk 1 in the tray of the
||||| drive I got the message
|||| that
||||| there is no disk in the tray. Why is the disk not recognized as
||||| being in
|||| the
||||| tray & how can I run the installation. Thanks for your help.