Lost Hidden MS Office Files Upon Replacing HD

B

Bill Matney

Installed new 80gb WD Hard Drive, copied old hard drive
data with software provided with New Hard Drive then
removed old hard drive. All my desktop icons for MS Off
2000 are now MS DOS Icons. Upon attempting to open
publisher get error message that asked for CD 2 and if
inserted receive more error messages ending with
abrupt 'notify Microsoft of this error'. One of the error
messages is copied below:
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Office Update is unable to check for updates Help

The Office Update site is unable to check for updates on
this computer. This may be happening because of one of
the following reasons:

You do not have administrative privileges for this
computer.
There is a network problem and the detection catalog used
by the Office Update site failed to download. Go back to
the Downloads home page and try running detection again.
Windows Installer patch files (.MSP files) from
previously applied Office updates are missing from the
\Windows\Installer hidden directory on your computer. MSP
files are stored on your computer after update
installation completes because they need to be referenced
for future update operations. If the files are missing
you will not be able to apply Office updates. You may
also be unable to uninstall Office products as a result
of the same problem. Please contact Microsoft Product
Support Services for assistance.
You installed Office updates in the past and then
upgraded from Windows Installer version 1.0 to Windows
Installer version 1.1. For more information see the KB
article Windows Installer May Prompt for Install Source
if Unavailable.
 
J

JoAnn Paules

You can't copy the files over from one hard disk to another any longer. You
must reinstall. Since you just did the work, wipe it clean and start from
scratch.
 

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