Microsoft Office - No CD drive on laptop.

Smcgie · 07-10-2008 5:34pm #1

Hi all, I have bought a new mini laptop that has no disk drive. I have a ms office 2003 disk that i would like to install. Its an original and i have the product key.

I know i could use an external cd drive but is there anyway to download the files off the net then put in my product key?

Shane.:)

Blazer · 07-10-2008 5:37pm

Illegal but should work as long as it's the same version..also you extract them from onto a usb stick and install from there.

Smcgie · 07-10-2008 5:41pm

copy the cd files onto usb stick then install from there, is this correct?

Sully · 07-10-2008 6:18pm

Smcgie wrote: »

copy the cd files onto usb stick then install from there, is this correct?

Yup. You can probably get office from the Microsoft website also.

omega42 · 07-10-2008 6:29pm

if you create an iso file of your 2003 disc and transfer it to your mini pc (usb stick) you can them mount the image using free software like magicdisk

http://www.magiciso.com/tutorials/miso-magicdisc-history.htm

you will need roxio or other burning software to create the iso

howto here

http://www.onlinecomputertips.com/software/iso.html

hope this helps

Mach · 07-10-2008 8:56pm

Dumb question what OS is on it? If it is linux you have open office .

thegant · 07-10-2008 8:57pm

or just borrow an external cd drive ... save you a lot of hassle

Sully · 07-10-2008 9:50pm

Talk about making things complicated

OpenOffice works on Linux and Windows, but I dont think MS Office works on Linux machines. Could be wrong.

Random · 07-10-2008 9:54pm

Mach wrote: »

Dumb question what OS is on it? If it is linux you have open office .

Which works on Windows too!

Microsoft Office - No CD drive on laptop.

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