Loading Office 2010 onto a netbook

lolly5648

I am considering buying a netbook but would need to load Office 2010 onto it. How would I do this if it doesn't have a cd/dvd drive?

paddyrg

Do you really need Outlook, or just a POP3/IMAP mail client? If a mail client, download and install Thunderbird (free).

lolly5648

Actually I meant Office 2010, don't know why I typed Outlook. Senior moment!

Decluttering

I have a netbook and I installed all my Windows programs by buying an external CD drive, which can be plugged into a USB port. They're about £100 to buy or if you know someone who already has one it might be cheaper to ask if you can borrow it if you're not likely to use it frequently.

System

Or copy from the CD/DVD to a USB stick and use that. I used that method to install Windows 7 and Office 2007 on to my netbook.

debitcardmayhem

Or even load it into you desktop drive and share it over the network, that's how I did it.

Aiadi

If you have another computer with a DVD drive on then you can create an iso image of your office installation disc onto your hard drive using something like:

http://www.imgburn.com/

Pop this iso file onto a USB flash drive and move it to your netbook (or move it there using your network) when you can then mount it onto a virtual drive like:

http://www.slysoft.com/en/virtual-clonedrive.html

and you are done.

Doing it this way will also be useful as you can also repeat the process in the future to install various software or play DVDs or CDs on your 'driveless' netbook.

banger9365

just download it at http://www.microsoft.com/office/downloads/
insert you key and away you go