Installing Office XP Standard on a new computer

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

I suspect you were trying to make the switch as easily as possible with as
little work as possible. That's not always a good way to think with
computers. A clean install is going to give you fewer problems.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

 

[LarsTjelle]

You're right about that!

I had two HDD's, one 40GB (the old system drive) that I wanted to keep, and
one 200GB that I formatted right away and wanted to use as my new system
drive. When installing WinXP, it seems that WinXP still regarded the 40GB as
a system drive, even though it installes itself on the 200GB. I found that
out when I now decided to format both drives and reinstall. When I commanded
WinXP setup to remove the old partition on the 40GB, it warned me that it
contained crucial system information (or something along those lines...). So
my personal guess is that that's where the hiccup was.

Now everything is clean and smooth running; Office is in place and my old
data is sitting on a DVD-ROM I burned before the first try. Oh well ...

 

[LarsTjelle]

You're right about that!

I had two HDD's, one 40GB (the old system drive) that I wanted to keep, and
one 200GB that I formatted right away and wanted to use as my new system
drive. When installing WinXP, it seems that WinXP still regarded the 40GB as
a system drive, even though it installes itself on the 200GB. I found that
out when I now decided to format both drives and reinstall. When I commanded
WinXP setup to remove the old partition on the 40GB, it warned me that it
contained crucial system information (or something along those lines...). So
my personal guess is that that's where the hiccup was.

Now everything is clean and smooth running; Office is in place and my old
data is sitting on a DVD-ROM I burned before the first try. Oh well ...

 

[LarsTjelle]

You're right about that!

I had two HDD's, one 40GB (the old system drive) that I wanted to keep, and
one 200GB that I formatted right away and wanted to use as my new system
drive. When installing WinXP, it seems that WinXP still regarded the 40GB as
a system drive, even though it installes itself on the 200GB. I found that
out when I now decided to format both drives and reinstall. When I commanded
WinXP setup to remove the old partition on the 40GB, it warned me that it
contained crucial system information (or something along those lines...). So
my personal guess is that that's where the hiccup was.

Now everything is clean and smooth running; Office is in place and my old
data is sitting on a DVD-ROM I burned before the first try. Oh well ...

 

[LarsTjelle]

You're right about that!

I had two HDD's, one 40GB (the old system drive) that I wanted to keep, and
one 200GB that I formatted right away and wanted to use as my new system
drive. When installing WinXP, it seems that WinXP still regarded the 40GB as
a system drive, even though it installes itself on the 200GB. I found that
out when I now decided to format both drives and reinstall. When I commanded
WinXP setup to remove the old partition on the 40GB, it warned me that it
contained crucial system information (or something along those lines...). So
my personal guess is that that's where the hiccup was.

Now everything is clean and smooth running; Office is in place and my old
data is sitting on a DVD-ROM I burned before the first try. Oh well ...

 

[LarsTjelle]

You're right about that!

I had two HDD's, one 40GB (the old system drive) that I wanted to keep, and
one 200GB that I formatted right away and wanted to use as my new system
drive. When installing WinXP, it seems that WinXP still regarded the 40GB as
a system drive, even though it installes itself on the 200GB. I found that
out when I now decided to format both drives and reinstall. When I commanded
WinXP setup to remove the old partition on the 40GB, it warned me that it
contained crucial system information (or something along those lines...). So
my personal guess is that that's where the hiccup was.

Now everything is clean and smooth running; Office is in place and my old
data is sitting on a DVD-ROM I burned before the first try. Oh well ...

 

[LarsTjelle]

You're right about that!

I had two HDD's, one 40GB (the old system drive) that I wanted to keep, and
one 200GB that I formatted right away and wanted to use as my new system
drive. When installing WinXP, it seems that WinXP still regarded the 40GB as
a system drive, even though it installes itself on the 200GB. I found that
out when I now decided to format both drives and reinstall. When I commanded
WinXP setup to remove the old partition on the 40GB, it warned me that it
contained crucial system information (or something along those lines...). So
my personal guess is that that's where the hiccup was.

Now everything is clean and smooth running; Office is in place and my old
data is sitting on a DVD-ROM I burned before the first try. Oh well ...

 

[LarsTjelle]

You're right about that!

I had two HDD's, one 40GB (the old system drive) that I wanted to keep, and
one 200GB that I formatted right away and wanted to use as my new system
drive. When installing WinXP, it seems that WinXP still regarded the 40GB as
a system drive, even though it installes itself on the 200GB. I found that
out when I now decided to format both drives and reinstall. When I commanded
WinXP setup to remove the old partition on the 40GB, it warned me that it
contained crucial system information (or something along those lines...). So
my personal guess is that that's where the hiccup was.

Now everything is clean and smooth running; Office is in place and my old
data is sitting on a DVD-ROM I burned before the first try. Oh well ...

 

[LarsTjelle]

You're right about that!

I had two HDD's, one 40GB (the old system drive) that I wanted to keep, and
one 200GB that I formatted right away and wanted to use as my new system
drive. When installing WinXP, it seems that WinXP still regarded the 40GB as
a system drive, even though it installes itself on the 200GB. I found that
out when I now decided to format both drives and reinstall. When I commanded
WinXP setup to remove the old partition on the 40GB, it warned me that it
contained crucial system information (or something along those lines...). So
my personal guess is that that's where the hiccup was.

Now everything is clean and smooth running; Office is in place and my old
data is sitting on a DVD-ROM I burned before the first try. Oh well ...

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

I'm glad you're up and running. That's what is most important. And now you
have a bit of experience that you maybe able to use one day to keep someone
else from experiencing the same problems you had.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

I'm glad you're up and running. That's what is most important. And now you
have a bit of experience that you maybe able to use one day to keep someone
else from experiencing the same problems you had.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

I'm glad you're up and running. That's what is most important. And now you
have a bit of experience that you maybe able to use one day to keep someone
else from experiencing the same problems you had.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

I'm glad you're up and running. That's what is most important. And now you
have a bit of experience that you maybe able to use one day to keep someone
else from experiencing the same problems you had.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

I'm glad you're up and running. That's what is most important. And now you
have a bit of experience that you maybe able to use one day to keep someone
else from experiencing the same problems you had.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

I'm glad you're up and running. That's what is most important. And now you
have a bit of experience that you maybe able to use one day to keep someone
else from experiencing the same problems you had.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

I'm glad you're up and running. That's what is most important. And now you
have a bit of experience that you maybe able to use one day to keep someone
else from experiencing the same problems you had.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

I'm glad you're up and running. That's what is most important. And now you
have a bit of experience that you maybe able to use one day to keep someone
else from experiencing the same problems you had.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]