Running MS Office from an external hard drive?

Question

Hi,

I have a 400GB Freecom external hard drive. I know that I can install programs and use the external hard drive to store those programs, but what about if I copy the whole folder of MS Office from my internal hard drive. I installed it just before Christmas but have misplaced the CD. My overall question is, can I copy and paste all files related to MS Office from my internal hard drive, remove MS Office from there and use it as normal on the external hard drive, without using the install wizard and just copying and pasting all the files.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

I dont think that is possible as microsoft designed it so u cant copy and paste the program from one place to another otherwise everyone can have MSOffice with one copy only. But it is worth a try so copy the files to ur comp and if u have a spare computer (without MSOffice) plug ur External HDD into it and check if the programs works.

Answer 2

LWcomp.. is right



you COULD do it, if you want to take a week going through the registry (well actually you can FIND for all MSoffice items) and manually alter everywhere you find a path as c:\ to whatever letter your external drive comes up; there are hundreds of registry entries telling the program where to find the stuff it needs. DLLs you might be fairly safe with as most are in Windows\system



Don't copy and paste the files, do the whole directories so you don't miss any.

Do a system restore before you try this though so you can set it back if it didnt work.

Answer 3

no longer truly authentic -- you prefer a boot supervisor type application. what it does is insert code into your no longer easychronic's grasp boot checklist which permits it to go with which o/s that's going to boot once you turn the gadget on. that appropriate application will then write a boot sector to the exterior hdd and assist you place in Win ninety 5 onto it. *** the project you're very in all probability to run into once you do it is that the drivers mandatory to enable Win ninety 5 artwork inclusive of your recent hardware no longer basically are not on the Win ninety 5 set up disk -- yet in all probability do no longer even exist everywhere interior the worldwide. [driver -- this methodology stub written in op code or gadget language that helps an working gadget to at as quickly as get entry to the hardware of your laptop.] the rationalization in the back of it is trouble-free -- Win ninety 5 has been thoroughly unsupported on account that approximately 2005 or so and the hardware on your recent field grew to become into invented after 2005 -- as a result, on account that Win ninety 5 drivers for that hardware weren't needed, no person wrote them. each and every so often Win Me drivers worked for Win ninety 5. however the Win XP drivers actually won't artwork for Win ninety 5 [nor will any of the Vista, 7, Server 2003, etc. drivers.]

Answer 4

No, there are registry entries and DLLs registered with the system. If you did this office would not run properly, if at all.