HOW DO I REINSTALL OFFICE IF MY DISK GOT SCRATCHED?

[David R. Norton MVP]

I got a new computer and need to reinstall the software, but my
disk is too scratched to use. What do I do?

ANONYMOUS has already given you some good answers, there's one more
thing you might try. If your computer has a CD or DVD writer in
addition to your CD/DVD drive try putting the disk into the writer and
see if it can read it. I've sometimes found badly scratched CDs can be
read by the CD writer even though the CD reader cannot read them.

I'm not sure why this might be?

Last, if you have an older CD that can't be replaced see if you can
read it on someone else's machine with a CD writer and if so, ask them
to burn you a copy.

 

[David R. Norton MVP]

I got a new computer and need to reinstall the software, but my
disk is too scratched to use. What do I do?

ANONYMOUS has already given you some good answers, there's one more
thing you might try. If your computer has a CD or DVD writer in
addition to your CD/DVD drive try putting the disk into the writer and
see if it can read it. I've sometimes found badly scratched CDs can be
read by the CD writer even though the CD reader cannot read them.

I'm not sure why this might be?

Last, if you have an older CD that can't be replaced see if you can
read it on someone else's machine with a CD writer and if so, ask them
to burn you a copy.

 

[David R. Norton MVP]

I got a new computer and need to reinstall the software, but my
disk is too scratched to use. What do I do?

ANONYMOUS has already given you some good answers, there's one more
thing you might try. If your computer has a CD or DVD writer in
addition to your CD/DVD drive try putting the disk into the writer and
see if it can read it. I've sometimes found badly scratched CDs can be
read by the CD writer even though the CD reader cannot read them.

I'm not sure why this might be?

Last, if you have an older CD that can't be replaced see if you can
read it on someone else's machine with a CD writer and if so, ask them
to burn you a copy.

 

[David R. Norton MVP]

I got a new computer and need to reinstall the software, but my
disk is too scratched to use. What do I do?

ANONYMOUS has already given you some good answers, there's one more
thing you might try. If your computer has a CD or DVD writer in
addition to your CD/DVD drive try putting the disk into the writer and
see if it can read it. I've sometimes found badly scratched CDs can be
read by the CD writer even though the CD reader cannot read them.

I'm not sure why this might be?

Last, if you have an older CD that can't be replaced see if you can
read it on someone else's machine with a CD writer and if so, ask them
to burn you a copy.

 

[David R. Norton MVP]

I got a new computer and need to reinstall the software, but my
disk is too scratched to use. What do I do?

ANONYMOUS has already given you some good answers, there's one more
thing you might try. If your computer has a CD or DVD writer in
addition to your CD/DVD drive try putting the disk into the writer and
see if it can read it. I've sometimes found badly scratched CDs can be
read by the CD writer even though the CD reader cannot read them.

I'm not sure why this might be?

Last, if you have an older CD that can't be replaced see if you can
read it on someone else's machine with a CD writer and if so, ask them
to burn you a copy.

 

[Jeff]

I had the same problem, very badly scratched CD.

I was surprised after trying the fifth CD/DVD drive, and found a machine
that could read the scratched CD.

Keep trying different CD's.

If it's 2000 or not supported, you might also try ebay, and see if you can
find a legit copy.

Good luck,

Jeff

 

[Jeff]

I had the same problem, very badly scratched CD.

I was surprised after trying the fifth CD/DVD drive, and found a machine
that could read the scratched CD.

Keep trying different CD's.

If it's 2000 or not supported, you might also try ebay, and see if you can
find a legit copy.

Good luck,

Jeff

 

[Jeff]

I had the same problem, very badly scratched CD.

I was surprised after trying the fifth CD/DVD drive, and found a machine
that could read the scratched CD.

Keep trying different CD's.

If it's 2000 or not supported, you might also try ebay, and see if you can
find a legit copy.

Good luck,

Jeff

 

[Jeff]

I had the same problem, very badly scratched CD.

I was surprised after trying the fifth CD/DVD drive, and found a machine
that could read the scratched CD.

Keep trying different CD's.

If it's 2000 or not supported, you might also try ebay, and see if you can
find a legit copy.

Good luck,

Jeff

 

[Jeff]

I had the same problem, very badly scratched CD.

I was surprised after trying the fifth CD/DVD drive, and found a machine
that could read the scratched CD.

Keep trying different CD's.

If it's 2000 or not supported, you might also try ebay, and see if you can
find a legit copy.

Good luck,

Jeff

 

[Jeff]

I had the same problem, very badly scratched CD.

I was surprised after trying the fifth CD/DVD drive, and found a machine
that could read the scratched CD.

Keep trying different CD's.

If it's 2000 or not supported, you might also try ebay, and see if you can
find a legit copy.

Good luck,

Jeff

 

[Jeff]

I had the same problem, very badly scratched CD.

I was surprised after trying the fifth CD/DVD drive, and found a machine
that could read the scratched CD.

Keep trying different CD's.

If it's 2000 or not supported, you might also try ebay, and see if you can
find a legit copy.

Good luck,

Jeff

 

[Jeff]

I had the same problem, very badly scratched CD.

I was surprised after trying the fifth CD/DVD drive, and found a machine
that could read the scratched CD.

Keep trying different CD's.

If it's 2000 or not supported, you might also try ebay, and see if you can
find a legit copy.

Good luck,

Jeff