Installing DVD software on a no-ODD drive laptop
Sep 15, 2014, 2:33 pm
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Installing DVD software on a no-ODD drive laptop
I want to install MS Office '07 on my new Lenovo. Unfortunately I don't have a external optical drive. I was hoping to use the connector of a SATA HD to connect a laptop DVD drive but I see that the connector for an laptop optical drive is shorter than that of a SATA HD so that won't work.
How can I install it? Anyway to make an image and install?
At my disposal, I do have 2 Acer Aspire with ODDs, various SATA external drives and drive housings and an ODD HD caddy.
How can I install it? Anyway to make an image and install?
At my disposal, I do have 2 Acer Aspire with ODDs, various SATA external drives and drive housings and an ODD HD caddy.
Sep 15, 2014, 2:38 pm
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I want to install MS Office '07 on my new Lenovo. Unfortunately I don't have a external optical drive. I was hoping to use the connector of a SATA HD to connect a laptop DVD drive but I see that the connector for an laptop optical drive is shorter than that of a SATA HD so that won't work.
How can I install it? Anyway to make an image and install?
At my disposal, I do have 2 Acer Aspire with ODDs, various SATA external drives and drive housings and an ODD HD caddy.
How can I install it? Anyway to make an image and install?
At my disposal, I do have 2 Acer Aspire with ODDs, various SATA external drives and drive housings and an ODD HD caddy.
The only program I have run into that won't install that way is Visual Studio.
Sep 15, 2014, 2:47 pm
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You could put the CD in another computer and mount it over the network, then just run setup.exe on the Lenovo.
You could also create an iso image file of the CD on one of the Acers, then put it on a USB stick and mount it on the Lenovo using something like Virtual CloneDrive (free).
You could also create an iso image file of the CD on one of the Acers, then put it on a USB stick and mount it on the Lenovo using something like Virtual CloneDrive (free).
Sep 15, 2014, 3:02 pm
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