"Antycher" wrote in message
news:E279D8C4-707F-4444-AB90-FF947E04B13E@microsoft.com...
> Doh. Installation worked fine, thanks for the assist, but My portable Hd
> doesn't count as a flash drive on which I can do a recovery of my OS
> meaning
> I now have to go and buy an *GB Flash memory stick! Why is this not made
> clear?
> Off to the shops tomorrow!
>
> "Antycher" wrote:
>
>> I have a Toshiiba T130 with Win 7, I assumed that the Toshiba Recovery
>> partition would cover that. . I have a portable hard drive with loads of
>> space, suo I presume it's ok to back up the OS to that?
>>
>> Sorry if this sounds Thick, but I assume that would work?
>>
>> "DL" wrote:
>>
>> > So how do you plan to recover your o/s if your netbook has a problem?
>> > Think about it.
>> >
>> > "Antycher" wrote in message
>> > news:A0EBB95D-ED1E-4C43-8085-AF6F36046B85@microsoft.com...
>> > > So I just drag and drop the contents of the disks to the memory stick
>> > > and
>> > > install from there? Great idea, never thought of that. Thought I
>> > > would be
>> > > able to download it from MS, and simply activate it on the netbook.
>> > >
>> > > Any last minute tips?
>> > >
>> > > "Michael" wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> "Antycher" wrote in message
>> > >> news:5FC2EA42-4D6B-4408-82AC-D8F7024E9AF1@microsoft.com...
>> > >> > I have Offie Standard 2007 on My ageing Dell, which has now died.
>> > >> > (boo
>> > >> > hoo)
>> > >> > Wife decided she wanted Netbook, which comes with Home and Student
>> > >> > 2007
>> > >> > trial. Can I install the Standard on the netbook? Tried the CD key
>> > >> > on
>> > >> > my
>> > >> > Standard to activate the Home and Student and Office says the key
>> > >> > is
>> > >> > incorrect. I have boxed Standard.
>> > >> >
>> > >> > Is it possible to uninstall the H and S from the netbok and
>> > >> > install the
>> > >> > Standard? I can't see a downloadable version of Standard on the MS
>> > >> > site.
>> > >> > How
>> > >> > can I do this? Help!
>> > >> >
>> > >> > Am ringing MS as soon as open Monday
>> > >>
>> > >> You need to uninstall the trial and activation assistant first.
>> > >> Then, if
>> > >> you don't have an external CD/DVD drive, you need to get to a
>> > >> computer
>> > >> that
>> > >> does and copy all the contents of the Standard CD to a thumb drive.
>> > >> Then
>> > >> you can install it on the netbook.
>> > >> --
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >> "Don't pick a fight with an old man.
>> > >> If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you."
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> >
>> >
>> > .
>> >
Are you sure that the recovery program can actually write to a memory stick
or does it require a DVD? Not sure about the netbooks but almost all
computers, laptop and desktop, that have a recovery partition that can
create a recovery media requires a DVD drive and blank DVDs or CDs. Check
before wasting money on a flash drive. A decent portable DVD drive won't
cost much more than a flash drive and you will have something that can then
actually read and burn CD and DVDs.