Re-installing Office XP on new hard drive

How do I install Office XP SPecial Edition on a new hard drive if I don't
have any pre-existing programs to go from?

If you have no qualifying product to use for upgrade verification, according
to the license, you are not entitled to install the software.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After furious head scratching, Mike asked:

| How do I install Office XP SPecial Edition on a new hard drive if I
| don't have any pre-existing programs to go from?

I have the "old" hard drive on the "new" hard drive in a folder. None of the
registries can be accessed. I have the entire suite sitting there however, it
can not be accessed because the new user, me, has not been registered. I
can't register because of the disconnect.

"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

If you have no qualifying product to use for upgrade verification, according
to the license, you are not entitled to install the software.

--�
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, Mike asked:

| How do I install Office XP SPecial Edition on a new hard drive if I
| don't have any pre-existing programs to go from?

On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 15:31:05 +0100, Mike wrote
(in article ):

I have the "old" hard drive on the "new" hard drive in a folder. None of the
registries can be accessed. I have the entire suite sitting there however, it

can not be accessed because the new user, me, has not been registered. I
can't register because of the disconnect.

That's irrelevant. As Milly stated if you no longer have the qualifying
media, your upgrade licence is null and void (as you'd have known had you
STFW). Once you use an application to qualify, the two applications become
one and the licences cannot be separated. If you no longer have the QP, then
you no longer have a licence to use the upgrade. You're SOL.

You can, however, use your XP licence as a OP for Office 2003 (providing
you're running a qualifying OS - Windows 2000 SP3+, XP or 2003).