I have a laptop with the student and teacher version trial that has expired. I have a professional office to install but I want to use all the data from the trial version. I installed the new without removing the trial version and I could not get it to work. I have been told to remove the trial and then install the full version but how do I make sure I don't loose all the emails and data in Outlook, Word and Excel?
2007-06-10 14:21:38 · 4 answers · asked by Mountain_Runner 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
The good news is that removing the old one wont remove the data! But if you want to be careful just back up your Documents and Settings directory before you remove it.
It should just remove the program, when you install the new one your documents and email should all be intact.
2007-06-10 14:25:32 · answer #1 · answered by Tracy L 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you remove Office, it doesnt remove your data. After you install the new Office, it will just carry on as before
But as I would advice everyone, alwasy take a backup of them first if you are concern.
2007-06-10 21:25:28 · answer #2 · answered by Cupcake 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you know the file name then do a search for the files
click star, click search. in the search type in the name of your file,,, if it finds it then right down the path it is in,, should be something like this>>>
my documents/ your name/ documents./ (the files)
though they could be in another directory,, you will need to look at the path... if it finds them...
by the way it should not have deleted them,, they will be there some where
you may have to do a folder by folder search.. through windows explore
2007-06-10 21:35:57 · answer #3 · answered by Carling 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You won't lose any personal data. It may even ask you what you want to do. You have got backups, just in case, right?
2007-06-10 21:25:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋