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Replacing one office with another

A

Antycher

Flightless Bird
I have Offie Standard 2007 on My ageing Dell, which has now died. (boo hoo)
Wife decided she wanted Netbook, which comes with Home and Student 2007
trial. Can I install the Standard on the netbook? Tried the CD key on my
Standard to activate the Home and Student and Office says the key is
incorrect. I have boxed Standard.

Is it possible to uninstall the H and S from the netbok and install the
Standard? I can't see a downloadable version of Standard on the MS site. How
can I do this? Help!

Am ringing MS as soon as open Monday
 
M

Michael

Flightless Bird
"Antycher" <Antycher@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5FC2EA42-4D6B-4408-82AC-D8F7024E9AF1@microsoft.com...
> I have Offie Standard 2007 on My ageing Dell, which has now died. (boo
> hoo)
> Wife decided she wanted Netbook, which comes with Home and Student 2007
> trial. Can I install the Standard on the netbook? Tried the CD key on my
> Standard to activate the Home and Student and Office says the key is
> incorrect. I have boxed Standard.
>
> Is it possible to uninstall the H and S from the netbok and install the
> Standard? I can't see a downloadable version of Standard on the MS site.
> How
> can I do this? Help!
>
> Am ringing MS as soon as open Monday

You need to uninstall the trial and activation assistant first. Then, if
you don't have an external CD/DVD drive, you need to get to a computer that
does and copy all the contents of the Standard CD to a thumb drive. Then
you can install it on the netbook.
--


"Don't pick a fight with an old man.
If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you."
 
A

Antycher

Flightless Bird
So I just drag and drop the contents of the disks to the memory stick and
install from there? Great idea, never thought of that. Thought I would be
able to download it from MS, and simply activate it on the netbook.

Any last minute tips?

"Michael" wrote:

> "Antycher" <Antycher@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:5FC2EA42-4D6B-4408-82AC-D8F7024E9AF1@microsoft.com...
> > I have Offie Standard 2007 on My ageing Dell, which has now died. (boo
> > hoo)
> > Wife decided she wanted Netbook, which comes with Home and Student 2007
> > trial. Can I install the Standard on the netbook? Tried the CD key on my
> > Standard to activate the Home and Student and Office says the key is
> > incorrect. I have boxed Standard.
> >
> > Is it possible to uninstall the H and S from the netbok and install the
> > Standard? I can't see a downloadable version of Standard on the MS site.
> > How
> > can I do this? Help!
> >
> > Am ringing MS as soon as open Monday
>
> You need to uninstall the trial and activation assistant first. Then, if
> you don't have an external CD/DVD drive, you need to get to a computer that
> does and copy all the contents of the Standard CD to a thumb drive. Then
> you can install it on the netbook.
> --
>
>
> "Don't pick a fight with an old man.
> If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you."
>
>
 
D

DL

Flightless Bird
So how do you plan to recover your o/s if your netbook has a problem?
Think about it.

"Antycher" <Antycher@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A0EBB95D-ED1E-4C43-8085-AF6F36046B85@microsoft.com...
> So I just drag and drop the contents of the disks to the memory stick and
> install from there? Great idea, never thought of that. Thought I would be
> able to download it from MS, and simply activate it on the netbook.
>
> Any last minute tips?
>
> "Michael" wrote:
>
>> "Antycher" <Antycher@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:5FC2EA42-4D6B-4408-82AC-D8F7024E9AF1@microsoft.com...
>> > I have Offie Standard 2007 on My ageing Dell, which has now died. (boo
>> > hoo)
>> > Wife decided she wanted Netbook, which comes with Home and Student 2007
>> > trial. Can I install the Standard on the netbook? Tried the CD key on
>> > my
>> > Standard to activate the Home and Student and Office says the key is
>> > incorrect. I have boxed Standard.
>> >
>> > Is it possible to uninstall the H and S from the netbok and install the
>> > Standard? I can't see a downloadable version of Standard on the MS
>> > site.
>> > How
>> > can I do this? Help!
>> >
>> > Am ringing MS as soon as open Monday
>>
>> You need to uninstall the trial and activation assistant first. Then, if
>> you don't have an external CD/DVD drive, you need to get to a computer
>> that
>> does and copy all the contents of the Standard CD to a thumb drive. Then
>> you can install it on the netbook.
>> --
>>
>>
>> "Don't pick a fight with an old man.
>> If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you."
>>
>>
 
A

Antycher

Flightless Bird
I have a Toshiiba T130 with Win 7, I assumed that the Toshiba Recovery
partition would cover that. . I have a portable hard drive with loads of
space, suo I presume it's ok to back up the OS to that?

Sorry if this sounds Thick, but I assume that would work?

"DL" wrote:

> So how do you plan to recover your o/s if your netbook has a problem?
> Think about it.
>
> "Antycher" <Antycher@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A0EBB95D-ED1E-4C43-8085-AF6F36046B85@microsoft.com...
> > So I just drag and drop the contents of the disks to the memory stick and
> > install from there? Great idea, never thought of that. Thought I would be
> > able to download it from MS, and simply activate it on the netbook.
> >
> > Any last minute tips?
> >
> > "Michael" wrote:
> >
> >> "Antycher" <Antycher@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:5FC2EA42-4D6B-4408-82AC-D8F7024E9AF1@microsoft.com...
> >> > I have Offie Standard 2007 on My ageing Dell, which has now died. (boo
> >> > hoo)
> >> > Wife decided she wanted Netbook, which comes with Home and Student 2007
> >> > trial. Can I install the Standard on the netbook? Tried the CD key on
> >> > my
> >> > Standard to activate the Home and Student and Office says the key is
> >> > incorrect. I have boxed Standard.
> >> >
> >> > Is it possible to uninstall the H and S from the netbok and install the
> >> > Standard? I can't see a downloadable version of Standard on the MS
> >> > site.
> >> > How
> >> > can I do this? Help!
> >> >
> >> > Am ringing MS as soon as open Monday
> >>
> >> You need to uninstall the trial and activation assistant first. Then, if
> >> you don't have an external CD/DVD drive, you need to get to a computer
> >> that
> >> does and copy all the contents of the Standard CD to a thumb drive. Then
> >> you can install it on the netbook.
> >> --
> >>
> >>
> >> "Don't pick a fight with an old man.
> >> If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you."
> >>
> >>
>
>
> .
>
 
A

Antycher

Flightless Bird
Doh. Installation worked fine, thanks for the assist, but My portable Hd
doesn't count as a flash drive on which I can do a recovery of my OS meaning
I now have to go and buy an *GB Flash memory stick! Why is this not made
clear?
Off to the shops tomorrow!

"Antycher" wrote:

> I have a Toshiiba T130 with Win 7, I assumed that the Toshiba Recovery
> partition would cover that. . I have a portable hard drive with loads of
> space, suo I presume it's ok to back up the OS to that?
>
> Sorry if this sounds Thick, but I assume that would work?
>
> "DL" wrote:
>
> > So how do you plan to recover your o/s if your netbook has a problem?
> > Think about it.
> >
> > "Antycher" <Antycher@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:A0EBB95D-ED1E-4C43-8085-AF6F36046B85@microsoft.com...
> > > So I just drag and drop the contents of the disks to the memory stick and
> > > install from there? Great idea, never thought of that. Thought I would be
> > > able to download it from MS, and simply activate it on the netbook.
> > >
> > > Any last minute tips?
> > >
> > > "Michael" wrote:
> > >
> > >> "Antycher" <Antycher@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > >> news:5FC2EA42-4D6B-4408-82AC-D8F7024E9AF1@microsoft.com...
> > >> > I have Offie Standard 2007 on My ageing Dell, which has now died. (boo
> > >> > hoo)
> > >> > Wife decided she wanted Netbook, which comes with Home and Student 2007
> > >> > trial. Can I install the Standard on the netbook? Tried the CD key on
> > >> > my
> > >> > Standard to activate the Home and Student and Office says the key is
> > >> > incorrect. I have boxed Standard.
> > >> >
> > >> > Is it possible to uninstall the H and S from the netbok and install the
> > >> > Standard? I can't see a downloadable version of Standard on the MS
> > >> > site.
> > >> > How
> > >> > can I do this? Help!
> > >> >
> > >> > Am ringing MS as soon as open Monday
> > >>
> > >> You need to uninstall the trial and activation assistant first. Then, if
> > >> you don't have an external CD/DVD drive, you need to get to a computer
> > >> that
> > >> does and copy all the contents of the Standard CD to a thumb drive. Then
> > >> you can install it on the netbook.
> > >> --
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> "Don't pick a fight with an old man.
> > >> If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you."
> > >>
> > >>
> >
> >
> > .
> >
 
L

LVTravel

Flightless Bird
"Antycher" <Antycher@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E279D8C4-707F-4444-AB90-FF947E04B13E@microsoft.com...
> Doh. Installation worked fine, thanks for the assist, but My portable Hd
> doesn't count as a flash drive on which I can do a recovery of my OS
> meaning
> I now have to go and buy an *GB Flash memory stick! Why is this not made
> clear?
> Off to the shops tomorrow!
>
> "Antycher" wrote:
>
>> I have a Toshiiba T130 with Win 7, I assumed that the Toshiba Recovery
>> partition would cover that. . I have a portable hard drive with loads of
>> space, suo I presume it's ok to back up the OS to that?
>>
>> Sorry if this sounds Thick, but I assume that would work?
>>
>> "DL" wrote:
>>
>> > So how do you plan to recover your o/s if your netbook has a problem?
>> > Think about it.
>> >
>> > "Antycher" <Antycher@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > news:A0EBB95D-ED1E-4C43-8085-AF6F36046B85@microsoft.com...
>> > > So I just drag and drop the contents of the disks to the memory stick
>> > > and
>> > > install from there? Great idea, never thought of that. Thought I
>> > > would be
>> > > able to download it from MS, and simply activate it on the netbook.
>> > >
>> > > Any last minute tips?
>> > >
>> > > "Michael" wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> "Antycher" <Antycher@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > >> news:5FC2EA42-4D6B-4408-82AC-D8F7024E9AF1@microsoft.com...
>> > >> > I have Offie Standard 2007 on My ageing Dell, which has now died.
>> > >> > (boo
>> > >> > hoo)
>> > >> > Wife decided she wanted Netbook, which comes with Home and Student
>> > >> > 2007
>> > >> > trial. Can I install the Standard on the netbook? Tried the CD key
>> > >> > on
>> > >> > my
>> > >> > Standard to activate the Home and Student and Office says the key
>> > >> > is
>> > >> > incorrect. I have boxed Standard.
>> > >> >
>> > >> > Is it possible to uninstall the H and S from the netbok and
>> > >> > install the
>> > >> > Standard? I can't see a downloadable version of Standard on the MS
>> > >> > site.
>> > >> > How
>> > >> > can I do this? Help!
>> > >> >
>> > >> > Am ringing MS as soon as open Monday
>> > >>
>> > >> You need to uninstall the trial and activation assistant first.
>> > >> Then, if
>> > >> you don't have an external CD/DVD drive, you need to get to a
>> > >> computer
>> > >> that
>> > >> does and copy all the contents of the Standard CD to a thumb drive.
>> > >> Then
>> > >> you can install it on the netbook.
>> > >> --
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >> "Don't pick a fight with an old man.
>> > >> If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you."
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> >
>> >
>> > .
>> >

Are you sure that the recovery program can actually write to a memory stick
or does it require a DVD? Not sure about the netbooks but almost all
computers, laptop and desktop, that have a recovery partition that can
create a recovery media requires a DVD drive and blank DVDs or CDs. Check
before wasting money on a flash drive. A decent portable DVD drive won't
cost much more than a flash drive and you will have something that can then
actually read and burn CD and DVDs.
 
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