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Add office 2007 to old Win7 laptop after clean install w/ Win 10 1809
Greetings fellow W10 users. I would appreciate some guidance in an upcoming project (maybe today if time permits).
I have an old Dell 1747 laptop that I plan to complete a clean install of W10-1809. This is a 64b pc with an early gen i7 cpu, 8GB RAM, and 2nd 2.5" drive bay (not the DVD bay) where I've installed a Kingston 240GB SSD.
My concerns are specific to maintaining ms office 2007 after it was retired in October 2017. After reading and posting in another thread, I've learned that this is possible. Thanks Denis, this pleases me and I understand it may work for a day or years. I'm OK with that.
I have reviewed several clean install directions and will also check a couple more here, thanks again Denis.
For running a clean install of Windows 10 directly from a Windows 7 installation, see Directly Clean Install Windows 10 without having to Upgrade First - TenForumsTutorials
The main tutorial is at Clean Install Windows 10 - TenForumsTutorials
My plan was to remove the primary HDD during the installation to avoid any possible loss of data files. I am aware that my chosen version of W10 will eventually require an upgrade. I have decided on 1809 as that's the OS on my primary PC, by my choice will be until it is necessary to update, and I'm confident in the features it contains, good and bad.
Denis, I have no plans for a dual boot machine, at least not with Win7. At a future date, I might like to explore using Linux on my old Dell and may also consider making it a dual boot W10/Linux. Is there any benefit to making a small partition for Linux before the W10 install?
Thanks in advance for any advice or guidance. Cheers,
Michael
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That completes my attempt at migrating posts from another thread.