no cd drive

[Michael Robinson]

I have a PSpice program on cd that I want to load on my netbook, which
doesn't have a cd drive. This netbook runs on xp.
I don't want to buy an outboard cd drive just for this one thing. Is there
some way to load the program on another computer and transfer to the netbook
through a serial cable or usb?

 

[Michael Robinson]

"Michael Robinson" <nospam@billburg.com> wrote in message
news:N7Wco.3831$8A2.10@newsfe22.iad...

I have a PSpice program on cd that I want to load on my netbook, which
doesn't have a cd drive. This netbook runs on xp.
I don't want to buy an outboard cd drive just for this one thing. Is
there some way to load the program on another computer and transfer to the
netbook through a serial cable or usb?
I wonder if I could copy the cd contents onto a flash drive. Would it work

for an install cd?

 

[Rich Webb]

On Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:41:50 -0400, "Michael Robinson"
<nospam@billburg.com> wrote:

I have a PSpice program on cd that I want to load on my netbook, which
doesn't have a cd drive. This netbook runs on xp.
I don't want to buy an outboard cd drive just for this one thing. Is there
some way to load the program on another computer and transfer to the netbook
through a serial cable or usb?

Copy the entire contents of the CD (with the directory structure) to a
thumb drive / memory stick and install from there. This might fail if
the publisher used some forms of copy protection but it's worth a shot.

--
Rich Webb Norfolk, VA

 

On Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:41:50 -0400, "Michael Robinson"
<nospam@billburg.com> wrote:

I have a PSpice program on cd that I want to load on my netbook, which
doesn't have a cd drive. This netbook runs on xp.
I don't want to buy an outboard cd drive just for this one thing. Is there
some way to load the program on another computer and transfer to the netbook
through a serial cable or usb?

1. Share the CD drive on another computer on the same network (right
click on the drive, select Sharing and Security, clikc "If you
understand", click "Share this folder on the network", choose a share
name, click OK).

2. Connect to that drive over the network. ( Right click My Network
Places, select Map Network Drive, click Browse and look for the name
you shared in step 1, click Finish).

3. Use the new drive (usually Z) as the CD drive on your computer.

John

 

[Michael Robinson]

"Michael Robinson" <nospam@billburg.com> wrote in message
news:N7Wco.3831$8A2.10@newsfe22.iad...

I have a PSpice program on cd that I want to load on my netbook, which
doesn't have a cd drive. This netbook runs on xp.
I don't want to buy an outboard cd drive just for this one thing. Is
there some way to load the program on another computer and transfer to the
netbook through a serial cable or usb?

The program was already loaded in my other laptop and I just
drag-and-dropped it to a flash drive, and waited for it to finish copying.
The netbook I want to put it on seems to have a partitioned hard drive.
There's a C: drive and a D: drive. The D: drive has nothing on it. Should I
drop the program on the C: drive and leave D: empty?

 

[Peter Bennett]

On Tue, 24 Aug 2010 18:00:51 -0400, "Michael Robinson"
<nospam@billburg.com> wrote:

"Michael Robinson" <nospam@billburg.com> wrote in message
news:N7Wco.3831$8A2.10@newsfe22.iad...


I have a PSpice program on cd that I want to load on my netbook, which
doesn't have a cd drive. This netbook runs on xp.
I don't want to buy an outboard cd drive just for this one thing. Is
there some way to load the program on another computer and transfer to the
netbook through a serial cable or usb?



The program was already loaded in my other laptop and I just
drag-and-dropped it to a flash drive, and waited for it to finish copying.
The netbook I want to put it on seems to have a partitioned hard drive.
There's a C: drive and a D: drive. The D: drive has nothing on it. Should I
drop the program on the C: drive and leave D: empty?

In Windows, most programs cannot be successfully installed on another
computer simply by copying the obvious files from a working
installation - the "proper" installation process usually makes
registry entries and copies dll files and other things to mysterious
locations.

Either copy the install CD to a USB memory stick, or make the CD drive
on another computer shareable over the network, and install from
there.

You can probably install the program on either drive, if it has
sufficient space.


--
Peter Bennett, VE7CEI
peterbb4 (at) interchange.ubc.ca
GPS and NMEA info: http://vancouver-webpages.com/peter
Vancouver Power Squadron: http://vancouver.powersquadron.ca

 

[Michael Robinson]

"Michael Robinson" <nospam@billburg.com> wrote in message
news:N7Wco.3831$8A2.10@newsfe22.iad...

I have a PSpice program on cd that I want to load on my netbook, which
doesn't have a cd drive. This netbook runs on xp.
I don't want to buy an outboard cd drive just for this one thing. Is
there some way to load the program on another computer and transfer to the
netbook through a serial cable or usb?
Got it, finally.

Had to copy the cd to a flash drive. Plugged it into the netbook. Found
the install file and clicked on that.

 

[Rich Grise]

Michael Robinson wrote:

"Michael Robinson" <nospam@billburg.com> wrote in message

I have a PSpice program on cd that I want to load on my netbook, which
doesn't have a cd drive. This netbook runs on xp.
I don't want to buy an outboard cd drive just for this one thing. Is
there some way to load the program on another computer and transfer to
the netbook through a serial cable or usb?

The program was already loaded in my other laptop and I just
drag-and-dropped it to a flash drive, and waited for it to finish copying.
The netbook I want to put it on seems to have a partitioned hard drive.
There's a C: drive and a D: drive. The D: drive has nothing on it. Should
I drop the program on the C: drive and leave D: empty?

Copy the source media to the D: drive - it's for data, which the source
media is until you run its setup program.

Good Luck!
Rich