How do I reinstall Office 2000 on a new hard drive?

G

GHM

I recently replaced a crashed hard drive and when I went to reinstall Office
2000 I got a message that the installation program couldn't find a previous
qualifying edition of Microsoft software on the hard drive (the Office 2000
package was an upgrade). Is there any easy way to get past the installation
check short of calling Microsoft or reinstalling an old program just so the
installation program can find what it's looking for?
 
C

Carey Frisch [MVP]

No. You need to purchase Office 2003 since
you apparently do not possess a qualifying
product.

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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|I recently replaced a crashed hard drive and when I went to reinstall Office
| 2000 I got a message that the installation program couldn't find a previous
| qualifying edition of Microsoft software on the hard drive (the Office 2000
| package was an upgrade). Is there any easy way to get past the installation
| check short of calling Microsoft or reinstalling an old program just so the
| installation program can find what it's looking for?
 
J

JoAnn Paules [MVP]

Do you still have the qualifying product used for the Office 2000 upgrade?
 
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