I am converting to a laptop, with Vista Home Premium installed. I want to install my Office XP Pro. This is an upgrade from Office Pro on floppy. I have both the original floppies and the XP upgrade CD both of which I bought myself. The installation of Office XP asks for the qualifying product, which is on floppy, and my laptop has no floppy. Is there a way I can install my Office XP Pro? -- Maggie
What is the name of the qualifying Office product you have on the floppy disc? -- Carey Frisch Microsoft MVP Windows Desktop Experience - Windows Vista Enthusiast --------------------------------------------------------------- "Maggie" wrote in message news:0024E868-3394-4B9F-8C34-7BB975F7C25B@microsoft.com... I am converting to a laptop, with Vista Home Premium installed. I want to install my Office XP Pro. This is an upgrade from Office Pro on floppy. I have both the original floppies and the XP upgrade CD both of which I bought myself. The installation of Office XP asks for the qualifying product, which is on floppy, and my laptop has no floppy. Is there a way I can install my Office XP Pro? -- Maggie
You need an external floppy drive. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "Maggie" wrote in message news:0024E868-3394-4B9F-8C34-7BB975F7C25B@microsoft.com... >I am converting to a laptop, with Vista Home Premium installed. I want to > install my Office XP Pro. This is an upgrade from Office Pro on floppy. I > have both the original floppies and the XP upgrade CD both of which I > bought > myself. > > The installation of Office XP asks for the qualifying product, which is on > floppy, and my laptop has no floppy. Is there a way I can install my > Office > XP Pro? > -- > Maggie
If your upgrade product is on floppy, then I guess you need to buy an external usb floppy, or maybe using some one elses PC try burning the floppys to cd PS Uninstall any trial version of Office first "Maggie" wrote in message news:0024E868-3394-4B9F-8C34-7BB975F7C25B@microsoft.com... >I am converting to a laptop, with Vista Home Premium installed. I want to > install my Office XP Pro. This is an upgrade from Office Pro on floppy. I > have both the original floppies and the XP upgrade CD both of which I > bought > myself. > > The installation of Office XP asks for the qualifying product, which is on > floppy, and my laptop has no floppy. Is there a way I can install my > Office > XP Pro? > -- > Maggie
I think its Office 97 Pro. Just says Microsoft Office Professional on the disk. -- Maggie "Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote: > What is the name of the qualifying Office product > you have on the floppy disc? > > -- > Carey Frisch > Microsoft MVP > Windows Desktop Experience - > Windows Vista Enthusiast > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > "Maggie" wrote in message news:0024E868-3394-4B9F-8C34-7BB975F7C25B@microsoft.com... > I am converting to a laptop, with Vista Home Premium installed. I want to > install my Office XP Pro. This is an upgrade from Office Pro on floppy. I > have both the original floppies and the XP upgrade CD both of which I bought > myself. > > The installation of Office XP asks for the qualifying product, which is on > floppy, and my laptop has no floppy. Is there a way I can install my Office > XP Pro? > -- > Maggie >
Thank you for replying. I am a bit reluctant to spend money on hardware to use once... but can you suggest a cheap external floppy drive which will work with Vista? Maggie "JoAnn Paules" wrote: > You need an external floppy drive. > > -- > > JoAnn Paules > MVP Microsoft [Publisher] > Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" > > > > "Maggie" wrote in message > news:0024E868-3394-4B9F-8C34-7BB975F7C25B@microsoft.com... > >I am converting to a laptop, with Vista Home Premium installed. I want to > > install my Office XP Pro. This is an upgrade from Office Pro on floppy. I > > have both the original floppies and the XP upgrade CD both of which I > > bought > > myself. > > > > The installation of Office XP asks for the qualifying product, which is on > > floppy, and my laptop has no floppy. Is there a way I can install my > > Office > > XP Pro? > > -- > > Maggie >
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=external+floppy eBay probably has cheap drives. -- Mary Sauer MSFT MVP http://office.microsoft.com/ http://msauer.mvps.org/ news://msnews.microsoft.com "Maggie" wrote in message news:DF3A656D-639E-4173-B471-B73727AB9DCB@microsoft.com... > Thank you for replying. I am a bit reluctant to spend money on hardware to > use once... but can you suggest a cheap external floppy drive which will work > with Vista? > > Maggie > > > "JoAnn Paules" wrote: > >> You need an external floppy drive. >> >> -- >> >> JoAnn Paules >> MVP Microsoft [Publisher] >> Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" >> >> >> >> "Maggie" wrote in message >> news:0024E868-3394-4B9F-8C34-7BB975F7C25B@microsoft.com... >> >I am converting to a laptop, with Vista Home Premium installed. I want to >> > install my Office XP Pro. This is an upgrade from Office Pro on floppy. I >> > have both the original floppies and the XP upgrade CD both of which I >> > bought >> > myself. >> > >> > The installation of Office XP asks for the qualifying product, which is on >> > floppy, and my laptop has no floppy. Is there a way I can install my >> > Office >> > XP Pro? >> > -- >> > Maggie >>
