[Shu-cdromlan] Re: Encarta Encyclopedia 2000 on Hard Disk

[Tom Edelblute]

It does, thank you.

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Robert Sullivan wrote:

> Last month, there was a question about running Encarta 2000 from a local hard
> disk.  I had occasion to reinstall our today, so I thought I'd describe the
> process a little more completely that I did the last time.
>
> First of all, the information is squirreled away on the installation CD in
> \support\nag.hlp.  It discusses using a network share, but you can do the ame
> thing on a local hard disk.
>
> 1) Create a partition for the two CDs.
> 2) Make a folder for the files, such as EE2000.
> 3) Put the install CD in and run it.  It will ask you for disc 1, but it will
> let you in and you can browser for it.
>
> Notes:
>
> 1) While the two CDs together almost fill two 682MB partitions, if you copy
> them to the same folder, they only take up 913MB.
> 2) This would probably work without creating the folder, but I wasn't in a mood
> to mess with success.
>
> Unlike my previous installation, this one didn't seem to need to be told where
> the second disc was.  I must have done something differently.  This time I
> tried all the options to be sure it wasn't missing anything, and the only thing
> I had to add was the learning plans - they're on the installation CD.  Rather
> than copy the folder (ELP, I believe), I just copied the whole CD to another
> partition.  It might work with just that folder, but it may also be hard coded
> to look for that directory structure.
>
> That's all, folks! Hope this helps.  I'm using NT4.
>
> Bob Sullivan                               scp_sulli@sals.edu
> Schenectady County Public Library (NY)     http://www.scpl.org