Installing Office XP upgrade on new laptop

[Maggie]

I am converting to a laptop, with Vista Home Premium installed. I want to
install my Office XP Pro. This is an upgrade from Office Pro on floppy. I
have both the original floppies and the XP upgrade CD both of which I bought
myself.

The installation of Office XP asks for the qualifying product, which is on
floppy, and my laptop has no floppy. Is there a way I can install my Office
XP Pro?

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

What is the name of the qualifying Office product
you have on the floppy disc?

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience -
Windows Vista Enthusiast

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I am converting to a laptop, with Vista Home Premium installed. I want to
install my Office XP Pro. This is an upgrade from Office Pro on floppy. I
have both the original floppies and the XP upgrade CD both of which I bought
myself.

The installation of Office XP asks for the qualifying product, which is on
floppy, and my laptop has no floppy. Is there a way I can install my Office
XP Pro?

 

[JoAnn Paules]

You need an external floppy drive.

 

[DL]

If your upgrade product is on floppy, then I guess you need to buy an
external usb floppy, or maybe using some one elses PC try burning the
floppys to cd
PS Uninstall any trial version of Office first

 

[Maggie]

I think its Office 97 Pro. Just says Microsoft Office Professional on the disk.

 

[Maggie]

Thank you for replying. I am a bit reluctant to spend money on hardware to
use once... but can you suggest a cheap external floppy drive which will work
with Vista?

Maggie

You need an external floppy drive.

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

I am converting to a laptop, with Vista Home Premium installed. I want to
install my Office XP Pro. This is an upgrade from Office Pro on floppy. I
have both the original floppies and the XP upgrade CD both of which I
bought
myself.

The installation of Office XP asks for the qualifying product, which is on
floppy, and my laptop has no floppy. Is there a way I can install my
Office
XP Pro?

 

[Mary Sauer]

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=external+floppy
eBay probably has cheap drives.

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Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
http://office.microsoft.com/

Thank you for replying. I am a bit reluctant to spend money on hardware to
use once... but can you suggest a cheap external floppy drive which will work
with Vista?

Maggie

You need an external floppy drive.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

I am converting to a laptop, with Vista Home Premium installed. I want to
install my Office XP Pro. This is an upgrade from Office Pro on floppy. I
have both the original floppies and the XP upgrade CD both of which I
bought
myself.

The installation of Office XP asks for the qualifying product, which is on
floppy, and my laptop has no floppy. Is there a way I can install my
Office
XP Pro?