How do I install a pre-installed Microsoft Office on another machine?

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You can always attempt to download the particular media you have a license for. Of course, you should always go for a trusted source which has the original media, but downloading is always a valid option.. Especially if you know what you're doing.

If you have the license key, isn't there a way to obtain a copy of office from, lets say Microsoft, without having to buy one? Even if they charge for the price of the media and shipping it would still be a lit cheaper. And you do have a valid license, you just "lost" the original installation disk...
This of course for hard drive failure scenarios and not for installing on a 2nd machine!

This microsoft support page has some interesting information. Hope it helps!
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326246/en-us

There are disk imaging applications such as PowerQuest Drive Image Pro or Symantec Ghost. Imaging provides a fast "Image" of everything from the 1st computer to 2nd computer very fast. I have used the Symantec Ghost application and it worked for me.

Best insurance is to buy "HDClone" from Mirway software and clone your hard drive to a spare drive. If a HD crash happens just swap the hard drives.
The programme worked fine and I have a spare HD in my safe. Cost me A$34.91. cheaper than buying program discs.

Then again, you could use Open Office and load it legally on to as many computers as you wish.

http://www.openoffice.org/

I agree with David (posted April 28, 1009), especially if the MS Office is 2007. You have to go up a learning curve for that application even if you have used a previous MS Office edition. Go to Open Office (http://www.openoffice.org)get it free and legally. It is a great alternative to MS Office.

Actually it's very easy: all you need is to download it from Microsoft (the trial version is just the installer without the serial) and an app to read the serial from your installed Office - i use http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder/

I lost my C drive with it there went my microsoft office 2003 so I cannot open files stored on my second drive F, which is now my C drive. Any Ideas? Are these files lost even the files stored on my new Ebook I cannot open.

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