[DUG] Installing Delphi 7 onto laptop with no CD drive

[Steve Peacocke]

Hi Everyone,

I need to create a few small applications on my work computer that is a
laptop with no CD drive. I figure Delphi 7 is all I need to create the few
small apps that I need to manipulate some XML here and as my work laptop
has a small SSD drive, D7 will be far better to install than XE2.

I have 2 questions:

   1. Where can I legitimately download D7 onto a computer without a CD
   drive?
   2. Without the original CD, where will I find my D7 serial number? - I
   have it on the original CD, but finding that will mean opening up all of
   the old boxes taking up that side of the garage as I've moved numerous
   times since I bought the original D7 CD with the serial number. Only later
   versions (my e.g. XE2) emailed the registration, previous versions had it
   printed on the CD or box,

I legitimately own both D7 and XE2 (Professional, both versions).

I logged into CodeCentral and downloaded Delphi7 but that download is only
to burn a CD. As mentioned, I don't have a CD drive, I've got a small SSD
with only 14GB left.

I do have an external 1TB drive, but expect that Delphi, like everything
else, will insist on installing onto C: drive.

I was told that having XE2 will allow you to download all previous versions
but that link simply states "this promotion is over" - so another dead end
there.


Steve Peacocke
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