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Old February 10th, 2007, 01:56 AM posted to microsoft.public.office.setup
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Default Copying Office Disks to External HD?

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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*(((

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Old February 11th, 2007, 04:52 PM posted to microsoft.public.office.setup
DL
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Default Copying Office Disks to External HD?

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.


"*(((" wrote in message
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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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Old February 12th, 2007, 04:57 AM posted to microsoft.public.office.setup
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Default Copying Office Disks to External HD?

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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*(((

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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.


"*(((" wrote in message
...
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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Old February 12th, 2007, 06:26 PM posted to microsoft.public.office.setup
Another Brian
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Default Copying Office Disks to External HD?

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

"*(((" wrote in message
...
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?

--
*(((

~~~~~~~~~~~~


"DL" address@invalid wrote in message
...
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.


"*(((" wrote in message
...
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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