I am upgrading my Windows Vista Home Premium to Windows 7 Professional via one of Microsoft's Student Licencing sites, and unfortunately this means I will have to do a fresh install instead of an "upgrade."

I have Office 07 currently installed on this computer, and on my desktop (which is getting an upgrade to 7 as well, though not a fresh install :]) and unless I am mistaken, I have no remaining installations on my Office 07 disc.

Will I be able to reinstall Office 07 after this fresh install? Can I back it up on my external hard drive to preserve it? Or am I SOL?

Any help would be most appreciated. :D

Thanks

"undisclosed" wrote in message
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> I am upgrading my Windows Vista Home Premium to Windows 7 Professional
> via one of Microsoft's Student Licencing sites, and unfortunately this
> means I will have to do a fresh install instead of an "upgrade."
>
> I have Office 07 currently installed on this computer, and on my
> desktop (which is getting an upgrade to 7 as well, though not a fresh
> install :]) and unless I am mistaken, I have no remaining installations
> on my Office 07 disc.
>
> Will I be able to reinstall Office 07 after this fresh install? Can I
> back it up on my external hard drive to preserve it? Or am I SOL?
>

You are labouring under a common misapprehension - number of licences does
NOT equate to number of re-installations. You are free to install or
re-install as many times as you like as long as you only have Office
installed on two machines concurrently...

And if you are saying your Office 2007 cd/dvd is an upgrade version then you
need to locate the qualifying version and have that cd avilable when Office
2007 complains

<undisclosed> wrote in message
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>
> I am upgrading my Windows Vista Home Premium to Windows 7 Professional
> via one of Microsoft's Student Licencing sites, and unfortunately this
> means I will have to do a fresh install instead of an "upgrade."
>
> I have Office 07 currently installed on this computer, and on my
> desktop (which is getting an upgrade to 7 as well, though not a fresh
> install :]) and unless I am mistaken, I have no remaining installations
> on my Office 07 disc.
>
> Will I be able to reinstall Office 07 after this fresh install? Can I
> back it up on my external hard drive to preserve it? Or am I SOL?
>
> Any help would be most appreciated. :D
>
> Thanks
>
>
> --
> Vortaine