Loading Programs: With no CD drive how does one load a program such as WordPerfect from a disk?
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Read my review. The way to do it without buying an external DVD drive is to set up a network. Here's step by step process: If you already have your computers set up for "home or small office network," 1) add your netbook to that network by going to My Network Places, and opening up the "Set up a home or small office network" on the left side. Make sure that the network name is the same. Follow instructions fully. You may have to reboot afterwards. 2) on the computer with the DVD drive, go to the My Computer and locate the DVD drive. right click on it and open "Sharing and Security..." Check "Share this folder on the network." 3) on the netbook, open the network and locate the DVD drive. 4) on the computer with the DVD drive, insert a program and stop install. 5) on the netbook, open the DVD drive, locate the "setup" file and run. That's it. If you don't have a set up network, you will have to set up the network for each computer with the same network name. Follow the above instructions for the rest. That's it.
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no CD drive. i installed my programs via USB thumbdrive from a different computer. i downloaded cd to a thumb drive then downloaded them to netbook. hope this helps.
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You would have to get an external disk drive or put the game on a flash drive. Both are cheap.
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There's no CD drive on this, but you may be able to use an external CD drive. If you're looking to use CD regularly then this is not the product for you.
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Most companies have their drivers and supporting software located online. You'll need to download them, then follow the instructions given by the site. Otherwise you'll need to use an external CD drive to access the software on the disk.
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Sorry for the late response - I load software either via external media (hard drive of thumb drive) or via Internet/cloud. It's a one-time inconvenience I gladly put up with for the savings in size/weight.
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I don't thing so but I did read somewhere that it is loaded somewhere in the windows 8 program. I'm still trying to find it. Hope this helps.
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I would have the CD handy. I found that I had to use the CD for the software install. Thanks.
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Yes if you do not have a cd drive on the computer you are trying to download it to.
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I didn't see any options for that. You boot from the cd/dvd and clone the drive. I suppose that you could deinstall the programs you don't want afterwards. HTH
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That is a disk that you install, I'm sure if you look you can find a product key to purchase for an immediate download. Hope this helps.
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I always use the disk. Some programs allow you to load program and then play off of your hard drive.
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No, I do not remember that requirement, I did send it back as it would not load onto my computer, I have found it wont load other programs either so am looking into the problem.
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Yeah but you'll have to download the software to operate it without a disc drive.
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No, it's an unformatted drive with no software loaded. You will need your own software to load.
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Yes. You can install programs like any other computer with a thumb drive, external DVD drive, or by downloading them. I installed Rosetta stone from DVD and Microsoft office pro 2013 by downloading them.
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Yes you can. I have mine set up with the 32 bit Microsoft 7 operating system, and I did just recently borrow a USB external CD drive, and successfully installed Mircosoft Office 2003 small business edition (Word Excel Powerpoint Outlook). Not a problem at all. Just be sure, for convenience sake, whatever you install doesn't require a CD to be present whenever whatever program is running, though very few programs are like that. I ran into one that was an automobile service manual for a 1999 model car. The Office 2003 I installed does not need the cd to run.