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I recently installed windows XP pro and cannot install
Office 2000. I get a message while installing Office, "system cannot
read from specified device."

Can you tell me how to get around this?

Athlon 1600
256 ram

zebraloc wrote:
> I recently installed windows XP pro and cannot install
> Office 2000. I get a message while installing Office, "system cannot
> read from specified device."
>
> Can you tell me how to get around this?

Get a new CD.


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On Sat, 28 Feb 2004 01:11:52 -0500, zebraloc <> wrote:

>I recently installed windows XP pro and cannot install
>Office 2000. I get a message while installing Office, "system cannot
>read from specified device."
>
>Can you tell me how to get around this?
>
>Athlon 1600
>256 ram
Try copying the contents of the cd to the hard drive and running setup from there.
If the copying fails, then your cd is scratched or otherwise damaged, or your drive is going bad.

Hi zebraloc,

If CD have some cratches on it, it can quite be easely repair.

Following website have an excellent tool that remove those cratches and it
is avalible
at a low cost.
http://www.skipdoctor.com

Regards
Phil

Until I do (get a new CD,) I reinstalled Office 97.
Thanks.
On 28 Feb 2004 06:14:20 GMT, "TehGhodTrole" <>
wrote:

>zebraloc wrote:
>> I recently installed windows XP pro and cannot install
>> Office 2000. I get a message while installing Office, "system cannot
>> read from specified device."
>>
>> Can you tell me how to get around this?
>
>Get a new CD.

The copying failed, si I reinstalled '97 till I can upgrade.
Thanks.
On Sat, 28 Feb 2004 01:18:34 -0500, Harrison <Harrison> wrote:

>On Sat, 28 Feb 2004 01:11:52 -0500, zebraloc <> wrote:
>
>>I recently installed windows XP pro and cannot install
>>Office 2000. I get a message while installing Office, "system cannot
>>read from specified device."
>>
>>Can you tell me how to get around this?
>>
>>Athlon 1600
>>256 ram
>Try copying the contents of the cd to the hard drive and running setup from there.
>If the copying fails, then your cd is scratched or otherwise damaged, or your drive is going bad.

zebraloc posted ...

> I recently installed windows XP pro and cannot install
> Office 2000. I get a message while installing Office, "system cannot
> read from specified device."
>
> Can you tell me how to get around this?
>
> Athlon 1600
> 256 ram

Is this a 'real' Office 2000 cd or a copy ?

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