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

Mon Aug 10 10:18:34 NZST 2015

It caches the entire install on C drive - msi thing apparently. You can
redirect to another drive if needed but it's annoying needed that much free
space.
The lib folder of XE8 is over 11GB.

The other platforms are to blame so installing without reduces the final
install but I'm pretty sure it still wants it 40GB up front regardless of
install options.

On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 8:00 AM, Jolyon Smith <jsmith at deltics.co.nz> wrote:

> 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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