I have office2003 cd and code but no cd drive on my netbook

[Mark at Hands on Science]

Hi
I have office 2003 teacher and student edition, I recently bought a netbook
and want to install office 2003 =, BUT I don't have a cd drive on the
netbook. pc world said I could download it from Microsoft - I have checked
the license this seems to agree bt I can't find the option on the site.
please advise
thanks
Mark

 

[Tom [Pepper] Willett]

PCworld is wrong.
Have you thought about an external CD drive?

"Mark at Hands on Science" <Mark at Hands on
(e-mail address removed)> wrote in message
: Hi
: I have office 2003 teacher and student edition, I recently bought a
netbook
: and want to install office 2003 =, BUT I don't have a cd drive on the
: netbook. pc world said I could download it from Microsoft - I have checked
: the license this seems to agree bt I can't find the option on the site.
: please advise
: thanks
: Mark

 

[LVTravel]

"Mark at Hands on Science" <Mark at Hands on
(e-mail address removed)> wrote in message

Hi
I have office 2003 teacher and student edition, I recently bought a
netbook
and want to install office 2003 =, BUT I don't have a cd drive on the
netbook. pc world said I could download it from Microsoft - I have checked
the license this seems to agree bt I can't find the option on the site.
please advise
thanks
Mark

Either purchase an external USB CD drive or go to a computer that has a CD
drive on it and copy the entire contents of the CD onto an external USB
device (hard drive or thumb drive.) Use the files on the USB device to
install onto your netbook.

It is really amazing that this same problem has been written about on this
and other newsgroups many times. It is really more amazing that the
instructions received with the netbook doesn't tell you how to install
programs that come on a CD or DVD.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

If you have another computer with a CD drive, or a friend with one, insert
the CD in the drive, do not install, select Explore. Copy all of the
contents to an External Drive or a USB drive. Take back your CD, and use
the external drive or your USB drive to install from there.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
ALWAYS post your Outlook version.
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


After furious head scratching, Mark at Hands on Science asked:

| Hi
| I have office 2003 teacher and student edition, I recently bought a
| netbook and want to install office 2003 =, BUT I don't have a cd
| drive on the netbook. pc world said I could download it from
| Microsoft - I have checked the license this seems to agree bt I can't
| find the option on the site. please advise
| thanks
| Mark

 

[Gordon]

PCworld is wrong.

And not for the first time!

 

[Gordon]

It is really amazing that this same problem has been written about on this
and other newsgroups many times. It is really more amazing that the
instructions received with the netbook doesn't tell you how to install
programs that come on a CD or DVD.

Even more so when Netbooks come with a CD or DVD recovery disk!

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

I have seen many netbooks come with programs on a SD flash drive of about
4-6 gigs.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
ALWAYS post your Outlook version.
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


After furious head scratching, Gordon asked:

| ||
|| It is really amazing that this same problem has been written about
|| on this and other newsgroups many times. It is really more amazing
|| that the instructions received with the netbook doesn't tell you how
|| to install programs that come on a CD or DVD.
|
|
| Even more so when Netbooks come with a CD or DVD recovery disk!