How do I reinstall Office 03 Professional without the original dis

Due to some corruption with the operating system on my desktop, I am forced
to do a complete system restore. I have to reinstall all my programs outside
of the OEM programs that came with the computer. I also was able to retrieve
my product key ID's off my hard drive. Unfortunately, I lost the original
installation disks. Prior to the performing the restore, is there any way to
backup the software off the hard drive to an external drive or is this
version of the software available from another source? Thanks.

No. Is your version an OEM or retail version?

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



"zeppie123" wrote in message
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Due to some corruption with the operating system on my desktop, I am
forced
to do a complete system restore. I have to reinstall all my programs
outside
of the OEM programs that came with the computer. I also was able to
retrieve
my product key ID's off my hard drive. Unfortunately, I lost the original
installation disks. Prior to the performing the restore, is there any way
to
backup the software off the hard drive to an external drive or is this
version of the software available from another source? Thanks.

It was a retail version. So this means I may have to buy a new version of
Office? I wanted to avoid that considering it was circumstances beyond my
control which are prompting me to reinstall MS Office.

"JoAnn Paules" wrote:

No. Is your version an OEM or retail version?

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



"zeppie123" wrote in message
...
Due to some corruption with the operating system on my desktop, I am
forced
to do a complete system restore. I have to reinstall all my programs
outside
of the OEM programs that came with the computer. I also was able to
retrieve
my product key ID's off my hard drive. Unfortunately, I lost the original
installation disks. Prior to the performing the restore, is there any way
to
backup the software off the hard drive to an external drive or is this
version of the software available from another source? Thanks.

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;326246

"zeppie123" wrote in message
...
It was a retail version. So this means I may have to buy a new version of
Office? I wanted to avoid that considering it was circumstances beyond my
control which are prompting me to reinstall MS Office.

"JoAnn Paules" wrote:

No. Is your version an OEM or retail version?

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



"zeppie123" wrote in message
...
Due to some corruption with the operating system on my desktop, I am
forced
to do a complete system restore. I have to reinstall all my programs
outside
of the OEM programs that came with the computer. I also was able to
retrieve
my product key ID's off my hard drive. Unfortunately, I lost the
original
installation disks. Prior to the performing the restore, is there any
way
to
backup the software off the hard drive to an external drive or is this
version of the software available from another source? Thanks.