Office 95

[Gary]

I have an older version of Office (I beleive it is 95 or
97) on my computer that is quite suitable for my use.
The original Office installation software is on floppy
disks (about 25 of them). I have ordered a new computer
without a floppy drive so I won't be able to install my
older version of Office on the new computer with the
floppies.

Will Microsoft replace my version of Office with a CD ROM
if I send them my floppies? I don't expect to have an
upgraded version of Office. I'll be satisfied with a
replacement version of Office 95 (or 97) that I currently
have.

 

[BeamGuy]

There is a tiny chance that they would do so, very tiny.
I doubt they even have copies of that old software laying
around anymore. Your better bet is to either buy a floopy
for your new computer and install it temporarily - $15
for a destop (you can simply open the case and plug
it in without punching out the removeable window on the
front panel) for a desktop. Otherwise find a friend with
a CD burner and burn the floppies onto CD. That is if you
can still read them, floppies that old often are unreadable.
Otherwise, you can buy an old version on ebay or some
other site that sells old software. I just threw out all my
old installation CD's for that era of office.

There are still some legitamite uses for floppies on PC's,
especially in the maintainance area where they still are
used for hardware diagnostics and virus scanners, though
that is becoming harder with winxp though not impossible
with winxp.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Microsoft does not even carry Office 97 replacement CDs anymore so I doubt
you will find them a source of help.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, Gary asked:

| I have an older version of Office (I beleive it is 95 or
| 97) on my computer that is quite suitable for my use.
| The original Office installation software is on floppy
| disks (about 25 of them). I have ordered a new computer
| without a floppy drive so I won't be able to install my
| older version of Office on the new computer with the
| floppies.
|
| Will Microsoft replace my version of Office with a CD ROM
| if I send them my floppies? I don't expect to have an
| upgraded version of Office. I'll be satisfied with a
| replacement version of Office 95 (or 97) that I currently
| have.

 

[Beth Melton]

Hi Gary,

Find someone with a floppy drive and a CD burner. On a CD create a
folder for each floppy disk and name them "Disk1", "Disk2", etc and
copy the contents of each CD into the respective folder.

I don't recall if you need to name the folders with or without a
space, e.g. "Disk 1" or "Disk1", for the for Office 95 installation to
automatically find the folder without prompting but either way you
should be able to install Office from the CD.

Additionally, you may also encounter strange write errors during the
installation. If so more than likely these are due to the installation
attempting to write back to the source files and should not prevent
you completing the installation.

--
Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/

 

[Gary]

Thanks for all your responses. I'll give Beth's proposal a try. If that doesn't work, I might just have to invest in a new version of Office

Thanks again.

 

[Beth Melton]

I should. I've used the steps I provided for Word 2 and Word 6. I
can't see any reason for it not working for Office 95.

--
Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Thanks for all your responses. I'll give Beth's proposal a try. If

that doesn't work, I might just have to invest in a new version of
Office.