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From: dyao on 21 May 2010 19:51
My system crashed - I need to reinstall Microsoft Office 2007 Home and
Student. I have the original disk and the product key. But I don't have an
external drive to run the disk. Any solutions?
From: JoAnn Paules on 21 May 2010 20:47
1. Puchase an external drive.

2. Copy the disck onto a USB flash drive and try installing it from that.

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"dyao" <dyao(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> My system crashed - I need to reinstall Microsoft Office 2007 Home and
> Student. I have the original disk and the product key. But I don't have
> an
> external drive to run the disk. Any solutions?

From: David Troxell - Encourager Software on 21 May 2010 20:55
On Fri, 21 May 2010 16:51:01 -0700, dyao wrote:

> My system crashed - I need to reinstall Microsoft Office 2007 Home and
> Student. I have the original disk and the product key. But I don't have an
> external drive to run the disk. Any solutions?

You could copy the disk file onto a USB jump drive and run it from there or
download the trial version from this location:

http://www.microsoft.com/office/trial/default.aspx

With Office 2010 around the corner, that web URL might not be available
soon, so download as soon as possible to the computer without the external
drive, and use your legitimate product key to unlock the trial version.

David

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From: LVTravel on 22 May 2010 04:56


"dyao" <dyao(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F5029926-D238-4116-AD93-706A92BBB855(a)microsoft.com...
> My system crashed - I need to reinstall Microsoft Office 2007 Home and
> Student. I have the original disk and the product key. But I don't have
> an
> external drive to run the disk. Any solutions?

4 possible options:

1. Go to this web site and download the retail reinstall package for the
Office version you have (a long download so you need broadband setup)
http://www.microsoft.com/office/downloads/

2. Use a computer that has a DVD/CD drive, copy the entire disc onto a USB
drive of some type and then use the USB drive on your net book to load
Office.

3. Network two computers together where one has a drive and share it with
the net book to run the installation from.

4. Purchase an external CD/DVD drive for your use now and in the future.

From: Gordon on 22 May 2010 05:16

"dyao" <dyao(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F5029926-D238-4116-AD93-706A92BBB855(a)microsoft.com...
> My system crashed - I need to reinstall Microsoft Office 2007 Home and
> Student. I have the original disk and the product key. But I don't have
> an
> external drive to run the disk. Any solutions?

I would second what LVTravel said:

> 4. Purchase an external CD/DVD drive for your use now and in the future.

as I presume you have a netbook and that you have a Recovery DVD rather than
a hidden partition to use when returning your machine to factory spec... and
they're not expensive...

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