install office 2003 in an external device

[cljimenez]

hi,
I would like to install offoce 2003 in an external device since at my office I am not allowed to install it in my laptop. Do you know how can I install in an external device and use it with my laptop?
thanks for your help

[scouse]

The one thing you can do is ask can you hook up a slave drive to your office computer (laptop) set it as slave and throw all you want on to that. Atleast you have not installed it to the laptop so to speak.
This is the only way you can do it as far as i can think.

It will cost you a few quid (dollars) to buy the hardware.

I am curious why your work would refuse there workers to install a basic office software.

[cljimenez]

I alraedy have a unit of 20G, I got office 2003, but i can not install this software on the external device. How can I do that, do I need to creat some files in the external device?

I cant install any thing in my laptop, this a policy of the general manager at my office. (mexican way of thinking :-()

[scouse]

OK to install it on the external device you will need to hook it up to the laptop as a salve drive to the master which is the main drive in the laptop.
Then install office on the external drive. Now you ahve office to run on the laptop without it being on the main drive of laptop.

[lespaton]

Most (all ?) external hard drives will come set up as slaves. So if your laptop has (preferably) a firewire port (USB2 may be adequate) then you simply plug in the external hdd, load the drivers and you have a slave drive. I cannot recall if Office 2003 allows you to specify a specific folder into which to install itself but I think that not ALL the files will go into that folder. Some may go into your system32 folder or other XP folders. This, technically, would mean that you had installed it on your laptop.

[cljimenez]

Hi,

Could you please explain me how to create the slave?

Thanks

[lespaton]

If you're buying a pre-packaged external hdd it usually comes complete with all installation instructions. You simply plug-n-play and you have a slave drive.

[cljimenez]

Dear Lespaton. This unit is a RCA mpr system. Is itposiible to create the sdlave with it.?

[lespaton]

I'm not familiar with that model. But as a min you will need a spare USB2 or Firewire port for an external drive. Given that it should be a breeze to fit an external hdd.