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

[Jolyon Smith]

40GB ?  Wow, I'm guessing that's all the iOS/Android FireMonkey/FireDAC
cr**, uh, extras ?

XE4 Pro (Win32/64 only) consumes less than 10% of that!

On 10 August 2015 at 09:55, Jeremy North <jeremy.north at gmail.com> wrote:

> > I only have 14GB left on my SSD - gone are the days when 8GB was big
> enough for everything I needed.
>
> You need around 40GB free on "C" drive to install the newer IDE releases.
> Very ordinary.
>
> On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 7:45 AM, Steve Peacocke <steve at peacocke.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Guys,
>>
>> Yes, Gary reminded me that it was on a very, very old email address that
>> I registered that old D7.
>>
>> Does anyone know if I can install XE2 onto an external drive? I only have
>> 14GB left on my SSD - gone are the days when 8GB was big enough for
>> everything I needed.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 9:41 AM, Willie <willie at compliant.co.nz> wrote:
>>
>>> Mmmmm it shows all of mine, well back to Delphi 7 at least, which I
>>> apparently registered in 2003. Maybe you registered it under a different
>>> company?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* delphi-bounces at listserver.123.net.nz [mailto:
>>> delphi-bounces at listserver.123.net.nz] *On Behalf Of *Steve Peacocke
>>> *Sent:* Monday, 10 August 2015 9:37 a.m.
>>> *To:* NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List <
>>> delphi at listserver.123.net.nz>
>>> *Subject:* Re: [DUG] Installing Delphi 7 onto laptop with no CD drive
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Willie,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Gret though and went there - but it only shows XE2 upgrade registration,
>>> even though I joined this when I registered with D2007 (CodeGear then).
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Steve
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 9:30 AM, Willie <willie at compliant.co.nz> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Steve,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Log into your embarcadero account (I think you can do this through the
>>> developer network home page) then select the My Account link at the top of
>>> the page, and in the left hand side you should see My member Services/My
>>> Registered Products – that lists all of your products and gives serial
>>> numbers – quite handy in such situations.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* delphi-bounces at listserver.123.net.nz [mailto:
>>> delphi-bounces at listserver.123.net.nz] *On Behalf Of *Steve Peacocke
>>> *Sent:* Monday, 10 August 2015 9:15 a.m.
>>> *To:* NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List <delphi at delphi.org.nz>
>>> *Subject:* [DUG] Installing Delphi 7 onto laptop with no CD drive
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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
>>> Mobile: +64 220 612-611
>>>
>>> Linkedin Professional Profile
>>> <http://nz.linkedin.com/pub/steve-peacocke/1/a06/489>
>>>
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