Multiple Installations of Office 2000

[Bill G.]

This is a resend. Since Microsoft will no longer answer my
questions, I have nowhere else to go. Original question
was not even read.

Subject: re: Multiple Installations
From: "Bill" <[email protected]> Sent: 7/7/2003
3:28:43 AM

I have recently upgraded my computer,(motherboard,
processor, ram, video, etc). I wanted to use the existing
hard drive because it was already set up with Windows XP
Pro, Office 2000 and a multitude of other programs, but I
also installed a new hard drive for additional storage.
When I started the computer, Windows evidently did not
like the new setup and would not start, not even in safe
mode. Over a period of two days I tried everything that I
could to save my installation. Nothing worked. I ended up
changing the hard drives around, using the new drive as
master and the old drive as slave. I reinstalled Windows
on the new drive, but Office still would not work. I ended
up reinstalling Office. Now everything works, but I now
have multiple copies of Windows and Office on two separate
drives. I can't do an uninstall, because it sees my
current copy. When I reinstalled Office, it did not ask me
to register, so I am assuming that it took the current
registration from the other copy. Can I safely delete the
other copies from the other drives? Will anything happen
to my current installation?
..

 

[Bob I]

It boils down to this. You have a pretty butchered up system with
multiple copies of files, so I am not surprised no one responded. My
only suggestion as to will it work is to unplug the slave and see if
what you have left works. IF it still works with the slave removed then
the files residing on the slave drive are unnecessary and can be removed
at your leisure. Hope this is the "confirmation" you were looking for.