I have a question from friend and I don't know the answer. She says :

"I've a little netbook which doesn't have a disk drive. My Microsoft Office copy allows me to instal on more than one computer so it's legal to use on the netbook as well as my big laptop. Can I use a USB/USB connector to transfer / instal the programme by running the disk in my laptop and linking laptop to netbook or would I need to get an external diskdrive for this?"

Or what ?

Please save my reputation and tell me how :-)

You should be able to do USB - USB, or you can copy all the content of the Office CD to a USB stick and install it on the Netbook from there......

HTH


Vince

I'm typing this on a EEE pc.

I presume you mean cdrom less, as if it is completely diskless I doubt you could install office on it, for this situation I share the cd drive on my partner's laptop, then install stuff over the home network.

Thanks Vince. I think transferring disk to memory stick will probably be easier and safer.

Thanks also Geoff. I haven't seen the machine so I don't know but yes, I think she means no CD /DVD drive.

[Edited on 25/10/09 by Macbeast]

Presumably if it was arsy re running of a USB you could use Magic ISO to rip an ISO and then run a virtual CD-ROM on the netbook?

You can't directly connect the USB ports of two host devices (e.g. PCs) with a simple cable, though it is possible with a special interface.

By far the easiest solution is to simply copy the Office CD to a USB stick (or to an SD card if the netbook as a built in card reader). This should be a trivial job, unlike installing Windows from a USB stick which is rather more involved.

why not just put open office suite on it as it will only be used for reading docs........the netbook is great for surfing.....doing serious dox on it is tedious.

Thanks people

She reports it is now working.