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How do I install MS word on computer that only has a USB drive?
I just bought a used laptop that has no DVD slot. It only has 2 USB ports.
How do I install microsoft office word, excell, etc? Thank you for any help. |
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How do I install MS word on computer that only has a USB drive?
On Thu, 4 Sep 2008 16:33:00 -0700, perplexed1
wrote: I just bought a used laptop that has no DVD slot. It only has 2 USB ports. How do I install microsoft office word, excell, etc? Thank you for any help. A few possibilities: - If the laptop has WiFi or Ethernet networking, use a DVD drive on another computer that you share over the network. - Buy a USB stick ("thumb drive", etc.) and use another computer to copy the contents of the DVD to the USB stick, which you can then plug into the laptop. You might get by with a 4 GB stick, but 8 GB would be more certain (the DVD capacity is 4.7 GB). - Buy a USB-connected external DVD drive (for examples, see http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...rder=BESTMATCH) and attach it to the laptop. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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How do I install MS word on computer that only has a USB drive
Thank you very much for your response. Unfortunately, I am a total dunce with
regard to this issue. Could you please give me specifics on HOW to copy the DVD to the USB stick? Thank you. "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Thu, 4 Sep 2008 16:33:00 -0700, perplexed1 wrote: I just bought a used laptop that has no DVD slot. It only has 2 USB ports. How do I install microsoft office word, excell, etc? Thank you for any help. A few possibilities: - If the laptop has WiFi or Ethernet networking, use a DVD drive on another computer that you share over the network. - Buy a USB stick ("thumb drive", etc.) and use another computer to copy the contents of the DVD to the USB stick, which you can then plug into the laptop. You might get by with a 4 GB stick, but 8 GB would be more certain (the DVD capacity is 4.7 GB). - Buy a USB-connected external DVD drive (for examples, see http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...rder=BESTMATCH) and attach it to the laptop. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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How do I install MS word on computer that only has a USB drive
Assuming you have access to a computer that has both a built-in DVD drive and a
USB port: - Put the Office DVD in the DVD drive. If you get a popup asking what program to run, or if the Office installer starts automatically, click the Cancel button -- you don't want anything running yet. - Plug in the USB stick. - Open Windows Explorer (also called "My Computer" or just "Computer", depending on the version of Windows). - On the left side, identify the icon of the USB stick, which will appear with a drive letter like any other drive. You might want to right-click it and select Properties to look at the amount of free space, to make sure there's enough to hold the contents of the DVD. - On the left side, click once on the icon of the DVD drive. You should see a set of files and folders on the right side. - Click once anywhere on the right side, then press Ctrl+A to select all the files and folders. Right-click somewhere in the selected files and choose Copy. - Right-click the icon of the USB stick on the left side and choose Paste. It will probably take several minutes to copy the files to the USB stick. On Thu, 4 Sep 2008 18:02:00 -0700, perplexed1 wrote: Thank you very much for your response. Unfortunately, I am a total dunce with regard to this issue. Could you please give me specifics on HOW to copy the DVD to the USB stick? Thank you. "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Thu, 4 Sep 2008 16:33:00 -0700, perplexed1 wrote: I just bought a used laptop that has no DVD slot. It only has 2 USB ports. How do I install microsoft office word, excell, etc? Thank you for any help. A few possibilities: - If the laptop has WiFi or Ethernet networking, use a DVD drive on another computer that you share over the network. - Buy a USB stick ("thumb drive", etc.) and use another computer to copy the contents of the DVD to the USB stick, which you can then plug into the laptop. You might get by with a 4 GB stick, but 8 GB would be more certain (the DVD capacity is 4.7 GB). - Buy a USB-connected external DVD drive (for examples, see http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...rder=BESTMATCH) and attach it to the laptop. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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How do I install MS word on computer that only has a USB drive
A great big THANK YOU! You've been extremely helpful (and extremely patient).
It worked just like you said. Thank you! "Jay Freedman" wrote: Assuming you have access to a computer that has both a built-in DVD drive and a USB port: - Put the Office DVD in the DVD drive. If you get a popup asking what program to run, or if the Office installer starts automatically, click the Cancel button -- you don't want anything running yet. - Plug in the USB stick. - Open Windows Explorer (also called "My Computer" or just "Computer", depending on the version of Windows). - On the left side, identify the icon of the USB stick, which will appear with a drive letter like any other drive. You might want to right-click it and select Properties to look at the amount of free space, to make sure there's enough to hold the contents of the DVD. - On the left side, click once on the icon of the DVD drive. You should see a set of files and folders on the right side. - Click once anywhere on the right side, then press Ctrl+A to select all the files and folders. Right-click somewhere in the selected files and choose Copy. - Right-click the icon of the USB stick on the left side and choose Paste. It will probably take several minutes to copy the files to the USB stick. On Thu, 4 Sep 2008 18:02:00 -0700, perplexed1 wrote: Thank you very much for your response. Unfortunately, I am a total dunce with regard to this issue. Could you please give me specifics on HOW to copy the DVD to the USB stick? Thank you. "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Thu, 4 Sep 2008 16:33:00 -0700, perplexed1 wrote: I just bought a used laptop that has no DVD slot. It only has 2 USB ports. How do I install microsoft office word, excell, etc? Thank you for any help. A few possibilities: - If the laptop has WiFi or Ethernet networking, use a DVD drive on another computer that you share over the network. - Buy a USB stick ("thumb drive", etc.) and use another computer to copy the contents of the DVD to the USB stick, which you can then plug into the laptop. You might get by with a 4 GB stick, but 8 GB would be more certain (the DVD capacity is 4.7 GB). - Buy a USB-connected external DVD drive (for examples, see http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...rder=BESTMATCH) and attach it to the laptop. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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