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

Mon Aug 10 14:07:09 NZST 2015

[Reply]

If it has an internet connection, then RDP into another machine with Delphi 7 on it ...

Over a wifi it should be perfect, but still usable over the Net.

cheers

Gary

At 11:01 on 10/08/2015 you wrote 
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>I may take a look at the 500GB SSD for my home beasty, but the work laptop
>belongs to work, not me. It's a little HP ProBook i5 and it's great as I'm
>only supposed to have Office etc on it. It weighs less than  grain of rice
>and works 6-8 hours off battery.
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>Brilliant little machine. I can take it to the cafe for lunch and continue
>writing up papers etc. no problem. But it's not a development machine.
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>The glowing beasty from home can be lugged around if do weights a the gym -
>a laptop it is not, unless you have steel a girder lap - and it'll last
>maybe 30-40 minutes off power.
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>Will look into the 500GB SSD, that's a really good price.
>
>Steve
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>On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 10:36 AM, Gary T. Benner <gary at benner.co.nz> wrote:
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>> *[Reply]*
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>> PBTech has a 128G SSD for $102, a 250G for $159, and a 500GB for $299 (all
>> + gst) so if it's worth your while, get a new SSD, and clone the drive and
>> use Partition Magic if you still have it or one of the Linux tools such as
>> GParted to re-partition if your version of Windows cannot do it.
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>> cheers
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>> Gary
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>> A*t 09:46 on 10/08/2015 you wrote *
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>> >Hi Guys,
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>> >Yes, Gary reminded me that it was on a very, very old email address that I
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>> >registered that old D7.
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>> >Does anyone know if I can install XE2 onto an external drive? I only have
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>> >14GB left on my SSD - gone are the days when 8GB was big enough for
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>> >everything I needed.
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>> >Steve
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>> >On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 9:41 AM, Willie <willie at compliant.co.nz> wrote:
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>> >> Mmmmm it shows all of mine, well back to Delphi 7 at least, which I
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>> >> apparently registered in 2003. Maybe you registered it under a different
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>> >> company?
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>> >> *From:* delphi-bounces at listserver.123.net.nz [mailto:
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>> >> delphi-bounces at listserver.123.net.nz] *On Behalf Of *Steve Peacocke
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>> >> *Sent:* Monday, 10 August 2015 9:37 a.m.
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>> >> *To:* NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List <
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>> >> delphi at listserver.123.net.nz>
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>> >> *Subject:* Re: [DUG] Installing Delphi 7 onto laptop with no CD drive
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>> >> Hi Willie,
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>> >> Gret though and went there - but it only shows XE2 upgrade registration,
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>> >> even though I joined this when I registered with D2007 (CodeGear then).
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>> >> Steve
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>> >> On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 9:30 AM, Willie <willie at compliant.co.nz> wrote:
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>> >> Hi Steve,
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>> >> Log into your embarcadero account (I think you can do this through the
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>> >> developer network home page) then select the My Account link at the top
>> of
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>> >> the page, and in the left hand side you should see My member Services/My
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>> >> Registered Products - that lists all of your products and gives serial
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>> >> numbers - quite handy in such situations.
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>> >> *From:* delphi-bounces at listserver.123.net.nz [mailto:
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>> >> delphi-bounces at listserver.123.net.nz] *On Behalf Of *Steve Peacocke
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>> >> *Sent:* Monday, 10 August 2015 9:15 a.m.
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>> >> *To:* NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List <delphi at delphi.org.nz>
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>> >> *Subject:* [DUG] Installing Delphi 7 onto laptop with no CD drive
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>> >> Hi Everyone,
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>> >> I need to create a few small applications on my work computer that is a
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>> >> laptop with no CD drive. I figure Delphi 7 is all I need to create the
>> few
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>> >> small apps that I need to manipulate some XML here and as my work laptop
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>> >> has a small SSD drive, D7 will be far better to install than XE2.
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>> >> I have 2 questions:
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>> >> 1. Where can I legitimately download D7 onto a computer without a CD
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>> >> drive?
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>> >> 2. Without the original CD, where will I find my D7 serial number? - I
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>> >> have it on the original CD, but finding that will mean opening up all of
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>> >> the old boxes taking up that side of the garage as I've moved numerous
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>> >> times since I bought the original D7 CD with the serial number. Only
>> later
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>> >> versions (my e.g. XE2) emailed the registration, previous versions had
>> it
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>> >> printed on the CD or box,
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>> >> I legitimately own both D7 and XE2 (Professional, both versions).
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>> >> I logged into CodeCentral and downloaded Delphi7 but that download is
>> only
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>> >> to burn a CD. As mentioned, I don't have a CD drive, I've got a small
>> SSD
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>> >> with only 14GB left.
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>> >> I do have an external 1TB drive, but expect that Delphi, like everything
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>> >> else, will insist on installing onto C: drive.
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>> >> I was told that having XE2 will allow you to download all previous
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>> >> versions but that link simply states "this promotion is over" - so
>> another
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>> >> dead end there.
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>> >> Steve Peacocke
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