New Hardrive - Cloned it but Office is messed up!

[Prof G]

My IT support guys can't figure this one out... hopefully one of you can.

My old hard drive was about to die, so I bought a new one (Western Digital
80 gig).
I used the software that came with the new drive to clone my old drive.
Everything was copied over very nicely, except for my MS Office XP Pro stuff.
The icons are gone and some programs don't work properly.
I got a message, suggesting I get out my disks and run 'setup' and 'repair'.
When I put in the disk and tried to run setup, I get:
"This patch package could not be opened. Verify that the patch package
exists and that you can access it, or contact the application vendor to
verify that this is a valid Windows Installer patch package." I tried to run
setup everyway I know how (from start menu, from My Computer, etc)

My IT guy tried his disk too and got the same message.

OK, so I went into the Control Panel, "Add or Remove Programs" and tried to
remove the program for a fresh install. I got the same message.

I tried to download all the updates from microsoft updates - I am all up to
date.
I tried all this with my old drive as the slave and with my old drive
completely disconnected.

What do I do now?
Whoever can offer advice will be tremendously appreciated!

 

[Chris Schatte]

Prof G,
This article may be of assistance:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;295823
Personally never used it in your scenarion (cloned drive). We have used it
successfully in other situations.

Chris Schatte

use the Office Online web based newsreader here:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx
In Office System 2003 applications:
Help/Assistance Pane/open Communities

 

[Chris Schatte]

Prof G,
This article may be of assistance:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;295823
Personally never used it in your scenarion (cloned drive). We have used it
successfully in other situations.

Chris Schatte

use the Office Online web based newsreader here:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx
In Office System 2003 applications:
Help/Assistance Pane/open Communities

 

[Chris Schatte]

Prof G,
This article may be of assistance:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;295823
Personally never used it in your scenarion (cloned drive). We have used it
successfully in other situations.

Chris Schatte

use the Office Online web based newsreader here:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx
In Office System 2003 applications:
Help/Assistance Pane/open Communities

 

[Chris Schatte]

Prof G,
This article may be of assistance:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;295823
Personally never used it in your scenarion (cloned drive). We have used it
successfully in other situations.

Chris Schatte

use the Office Online web based newsreader here:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx
In Office System 2003 applications:
Help/Assistance Pane/open Communities

 

[Chris Schatte]

Prof G,
This article may be of assistance:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;295823
Personally never used it in your scenarion (cloned drive). We have used it
successfully in other situations.

Chris Schatte

use the Office Online web based newsreader here:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx
In Office System 2003 applications:
Help/Assistance Pane/open Communities

 

[Chris Schatte]

Prof G,
This article may be of assistance:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;295823
Personally never used it in your scenarion (cloned drive). We have used it
successfully in other situations.

Chris Schatte

use the Office Online web based newsreader here:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx
In Office System 2003 applications:
Help/Assistance Pane/open Communities

 

[Chris Schatte]

Prof G,
This article may be of assistance:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;295823
Personally never used it in your scenarion (cloned drive). We have used it
successfully in other situations.

Chris Schatte

use the Office Online web based newsreader here:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx
In Office System 2003 applications:
Help/Assistance Pane/open Communities

 

[Chris Schatte]

Prof G,
This article may be of assistance:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;295823
Personally never used it in your scenarion (cloned drive). We have used it
successfully in other situations.

Chris Schatte

use the Office Online web based newsreader here:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx
In Office System 2003 applications:
Help/Assistance Pane/open Communities

 

[Chris Schatte]

Prof G,
This article may be of assistance:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;295823
Personally never used it in your scenarion (cloned drive). We have used it
successfully in other situations.

Chris Schatte

use the Office Online web based newsreader here:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx
In Office System 2003 applications:
Help/Assistance Pane/open Communities

 

[Glenn]

My IT support guys can't figure this one out... hopefully one of you can.

My old hard drive was about to die, so I bought a new one (Western Digital
80 gig).
I used the software that came with the new drive to clone my old drive.
Everything was copied over very nicely, except for my MS Office XP Pro stuff.
The icons are gone and some programs don't work properly.
I got a message, suggesting I get out my disks and run 'setup' and 'repair'.
When I put in the disk and tried to run setup, I get:
"This patch package could not be opened. Verify that the patch package
exists and that you can access it, or contact the application vendor to
verify that this is a valid Windows Installer patch package." I tried to run
setup everyway I know how (from start menu, from My Computer, etc)

My IT guy tried his disk too and got the same message.

OK, so I went into the Control Panel, "Add or Remove Programs" and tried to
remove the program for a fresh install. I got the same message.

I tried to download all the updates from microsoft updates - I am all up to
date.
I tried all this with my old drive as the slave and with my old drive
completely disconnected.

What do I do now?
Whoever can offer advice will be tremendously appreciated!

Go to goggle & search fro a message in Microsoft.public.office update
dated November 07 2004 7:09PM she posted information on how to solve
your problem as i had the same problem

 

[Glenn]

My IT support guys can't figure this one out... hopefully one of you can.

My old hard drive was about to die, so I bought a new one (Western Digital
80 gig).
I used the software that came with the new drive to clone my old drive.
Everything was copied over very nicely, except for my MS Office XP Pro stuff.
The icons are gone and some programs don't work properly.
I got a message, suggesting I get out my disks and run 'setup' and 'repair'.
When I put in the disk and tried to run setup, I get:
"This patch package could not be opened. Verify that the patch package
exists and that you can access it, or contact the application vendor to
verify that this is a valid Windows Installer patch package." I tried to run
setup everyway I know how (from start menu, from My Computer, etc)

My IT guy tried his disk too and got the same message.

OK, so I went into the Control Panel, "Add or Remove Programs" and tried to
remove the program for a fresh install. I got the same message.

I tried to download all the updates from microsoft updates - I am all up to
date.
I tried all this with my old drive as the slave and with my old drive
completely disconnected.

What do I do now?
Whoever can offer advice will be tremendously appreciated!

Go to goggle & search fro a message in Microsoft.public.office update
dated November 07 2004 7:09PM she posted information on how to solve
your problem as i had the same problem

 

[Glenn]

My IT support guys can't figure this one out... hopefully one of you can.

My old hard drive was about to die, so I bought a new one (Western Digital
80 gig).
I used the software that came with the new drive to clone my old drive.
Everything was copied over very nicely, except for my MS Office XP Pro stuff.
The icons are gone and some programs don't work properly.
I got a message, suggesting I get out my disks and run 'setup' and 'repair'.
When I put in the disk and tried to run setup, I get:
"This patch package could not be opened. Verify that the patch package
exists and that you can access it, or contact the application vendor to
verify that this is a valid Windows Installer patch package." I tried to run
setup everyway I know how (from start menu, from My Computer, etc)

My IT guy tried his disk too and got the same message.

OK, so I went into the Control Panel, "Add or Remove Programs" and tried to
remove the program for a fresh install. I got the same message.

I tried to download all the updates from microsoft updates - I am all up to
date.
I tried all this with my old drive as the slave and with my old drive
completely disconnected.

What do I do now?
Whoever can offer advice will be tremendously appreciated!

Go to goggle & search fro a message in Microsoft.public.office update
dated November 07 2004 7:09PM she posted information on how to solve
your problem as i had the same problem

 

[Glenn]

My IT support guys can't figure this one out... hopefully one of you can.

My old hard drive was about to die, so I bought a new one (Western Digital
80 gig).
I used the software that came with the new drive to clone my old drive.
Everything was copied over very nicely, except for my MS Office XP Pro stuff.
The icons are gone and some programs don't work properly.
I got a message, suggesting I get out my disks and run 'setup' and 'repair'.
When I put in the disk and tried to run setup, I get:
"This patch package could not be opened. Verify that the patch package
exists and that you can access it, or contact the application vendor to
verify that this is a valid Windows Installer patch package." I tried to run
setup everyway I know how (from start menu, from My Computer, etc)

My IT guy tried his disk too and got the same message.

OK, so I went into the Control Panel, "Add or Remove Programs" and tried to
remove the program for a fresh install. I got the same message.

I tried to download all the updates from microsoft updates - I am all up to
date.
I tried all this with my old drive as the slave and with my old drive
completely disconnected.

What do I do now?
Whoever can offer advice will be tremendously appreciated!

Go to goggle & search fro a message in Microsoft.public.office update
dated November 07 2004 7:09PM she posted information on how to solve
your problem as i had the same problem

 

[Glenn]

My IT support guys can't figure this one out... hopefully one of you can.

My old hard drive was about to die, so I bought a new one (Western Digital
80 gig).
I used the software that came with the new drive to clone my old drive.
Everything was copied over very nicely, except for my MS Office XP Pro stuff.
The icons are gone and some programs don't work properly.
I got a message, suggesting I get out my disks and run 'setup' and 'repair'.
When I put in the disk and tried to run setup, I get:
"This patch package could not be opened. Verify that the patch package
exists and that you can access it, or contact the application vendor to
verify that this is a valid Windows Installer patch package." I tried to run
setup everyway I know how (from start menu, from My Computer, etc)

My IT guy tried his disk too and got the same message.

OK, so I went into the Control Panel, "Add or Remove Programs" and tried to
remove the program for a fresh install. I got the same message.

I tried to download all the updates from microsoft updates - I am all up to
date.
I tried all this with my old drive as the slave and with my old drive
completely disconnected.

What do I do now?
Whoever can offer advice will be tremendously appreciated!

Go to goggle & search fro a message in Microsoft.public.office update
dated November 07 2004 7:09PM she posted information on how to solve
your problem as i had the same problem

 

[Glenn]

My IT support guys can't figure this one out... hopefully one of you can.

My old hard drive was about to die, so I bought a new one (Western Digital
80 gig).
I used the software that came with the new drive to clone my old drive.
Everything was copied over very nicely, except for my MS Office XP Pro stuff.
The icons are gone and some programs don't work properly.
I got a message, suggesting I get out my disks and run 'setup' and 'repair'.
When I put in the disk and tried to run setup, I get:
"This patch package could not be opened. Verify that the patch package
exists and that you can access it, or contact the application vendor to
verify that this is a valid Windows Installer patch package." I tried to run
setup everyway I know how (from start menu, from My Computer, etc)

My IT guy tried his disk too and got the same message.

OK, so I went into the Control Panel, "Add or Remove Programs" and tried to
remove the program for a fresh install. I got the same message.

I tried to download all the updates from microsoft updates - I am all up to
date.
I tried all this with my old drive as the slave and with my old drive
completely disconnected.

What do I do now?
Whoever can offer advice will be tremendously appreciated!

Go to goggle & search fro a message in Microsoft.public.office update
dated November 07 2004 7:09PM she posted information on how to solve
your problem as i had the same problem

 

[Glenn]

My IT support guys can't figure this one out... hopefully one of you can.

My old hard drive was about to die, so I bought a new one (Western Digital
80 gig).
I used the software that came with the new drive to clone my old drive.
Everything was copied over very nicely, except for my MS Office XP Pro stuff.
The icons are gone and some programs don't work properly.
I got a message, suggesting I get out my disks and run 'setup' and 'repair'.
When I put in the disk and tried to run setup, I get:
"This patch package could not be opened. Verify that the patch package
exists and that you can access it, or contact the application vendor to
verify that this is a valid Windows Installer patch package." I tried to run
setup everyway I know how (from start menu, from My Computer, etc)

My IT guy tried his disk too and got the same message.

OK, so I went into the Control Panel, "Add or Remove Programs" and tried to
remove the program for a fresh install. I got the same message.

I tried to download all the updates from microsoft updates - I am all up to
date.
I tried all this with my old drive as the slave and with my old drive
completely disconnected.

What do I do now?
Whoever can offer advice will be tremendously appreciated!

Go to goggle & search fro a message in Microsoft.public.office update
dated November 07 2004 7:09PM she posted information on how to solve
your problem as i had the same problem

 

[Glenn]

My IT support guys can't figure this one out... hopefully one of you can.

My old hard drive was about to die, so I bought a new one (Western Digital
80 gig).
I used the software that came with the new drive to clone my old drive.
Everything was copied over very nicely, except for my MS Office XP Pro stuff.
The icons are gone and some programs don't work properly.
I got a message, suggesting I get out my disks and run 'setup' and 'repair'.
When I put in the disk and tried to run setup, I get:
"This patch package could not be opened. Verify that the patch package
exists and that you can access it, or contact the application vendor to
verify that this is a valid Windows Installer patch package." I tried to run
setup everyway I know how (from start menu, from My Computer, etc)

My IT guy tried his disk too and got the same message.

OK, so I went into the Control Panel, "Add or Remove Programs" and tried to
remove the program for a fresh install. I got the same message.

I tried to download all the updates from microsoft updates - I am all up to
date.
I tried all this with my old drive as the slave and with my old drive
completely disconnected.

What do I do now?
Whoever can offer advice will be tremendously appreciated!

Go to goggle & search fro a message in Microsoft.public.office update
dated November 07 2004 7:09PM she posted information on how to solve
your problem as i had the same problem

 

[Glenn]

My IT support guys can't figure this one out... hopefully one of you can.

My old hard drive was about to die, so I bought a new one (Western Digital
80 gig).
I used the software that came with the new drive to clone my old drive.
Everything was copied over very nicely, except for my MS Office XP Pro stuff.
The icons are gone and some programs don't work properly.
I got a message, suggesting I get out my disks and run 'setup' and 'repair'.
When I put in the disk and tried to run setup, I get:
"This patch package could not be opened. Verify that the patch package
exists and that you can access it, or contact the application vendor to
verify that this is a valid Windows Installer patch package." I tried to run
setup everyway I know how (from start menu, from My Computer, etc)

My IT guy tried his disk too and got the same message.

OK, so I went into the Control Panel, "Add or Remove Programs" and tried to
remove the program for a fresh install. I got the same message.

I tried to download all the updates from microsoft updates - I am all up to
date.
I tried all this with my old drive as the slave and with my old drive
completely disconnected.

What do I do now?
Whoever can offer advice will be tremendously appreciated!

Go to goggle & search fro a message in Microsoft.public.office update
dated November 07 2004 7:09PM she posted information on how to solve
your problem as i had the same problem

 

[Glenn]

My IT support guys can't figure this one out... hopefully one of you can.

My old hard drive was about to die, so I bought a new one (Western Digital
80 gig).
I used the software that came with the new drive to clone my old drive.
Everything was copied over very nicely, except for my MS Office XP Pro stuff.
The icons are gone and some programs don't work properly.
I got a message, suggesting I get out my disks and run 'setup' and 'repair'.
When I put in the disk and tried to run setup, I get:
"This patch package could not be opened. Verify that the patch package
exists and that you can access it, or contact the application vendor to
verify that this is a valid Windows Installer patch package." I tried to run
setup everyway I know how (from start menu, from My Computer, etc)

My IT guy tried his disk too and got the same message.

OK, so I went into the Control Panel, "Add or Remove Programs" and tried to
remove the program for a fresh install. I got the same message.

I tried to download all the updates from microsoft updates - I am all up to
date.
I tried all this with my old drive as the slave and with my old drive
completely disconnected.

What do I do now?
Whoever can offer advice will be tremendously appreciated!

A little more info on my last post goggle groups advanced search go to
Aug 17 2004 this group look for the Arthur name of mark it will give you
the correct steps for correcting your problem