Office XP Upgrade version reinstall help

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MRMSpartan

Hello. I had to replace the hard drive of my Dell Inspiron 8000 laptop. In
2002, I upgraded from Office 97 to Office XP, and had purchased the upgrade
version of Office XP in order to do so. I need to reinstall Office XP but it
won't let me because it does not find a qualifying version of previous
software on my new hard drive. I haven't had the old Office 97 software for
some time. I have the original packing for Office XP Upgrade version with
key number, and Microsoft will find it registered to me before. Help, what
can I do?
 
M

MRMSpartan

I have not had the old Office 97 floppies in some time, 2-3 years maybe.
This doesn't seem fair, but I guess I'll have to deal with it. Thanks for
your quick reply.

JoAnn Paules said:
You need the qualifying product - period. No way around that. I'd suggest
you start looking for those floppies.

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

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MRMSpartan said:
Hello. I had to replace the hard drive of my Dell Inspiron 8000 laptop.
In
2002, I upgraded from Office 97 to Office XP, and had purchased the
upgrade
version of Office XP in order to do so. I need to reinstall Office XP but
it
won't let me because it does not find a qualifying version of previous
software on my new hard drive. I haven't had the old Office 97 software
for
some time. I have the original packing for Office XP Upgrade version with
key number, and Microsoft will find it registered to me before. Help,
what
can I do?
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X

XS11E

MRMSpartan said:
I have not had the old Office 97 floppies in some time, 2-3 years
maybe. This doesn't seem fair, but I guess I'll have to deal with
it.
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All is not lost, search Google for Office 97 or any other qualifying
product, check Ebay, Craig's List, local computer swap meets, etc.

Good luck!
 
D

Don MI

MRMSpartan said:
Hello. I had to replace the hard drive of my Dell Inspiron 8000 laptop.
In
2002, I upgraded from Office 97 to Office XP, and had purchased the
upgrade
version of Office XP in order to do so. I need to reinstall Office XP but
it
won't let me because it does not find a qualifying version of previous
software on my new hard drive. I haven't had the old Office 97 software
for
some time. I have the original packing for Office XP Upgrade version with
key number, and Microsoft will find it registered to me before. Help,
what
can I do?
Click to expand...

If you decide to do so, you could purchase an upgrade version of any Office
2007 edition { or Office 2003 if you can find an upgrade version}. Your
Office XP upgrade CD is a qualifying product. Installation of Office XP not
required.

Don
 

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