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

[Steve Peacocke]

Thanks everyone - Looks like I'll have to continue bringing in the monster
from home.

Steve


On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 10:00 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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