optical drive broke....now what?

hike_oh · hike_oh #1 (**permalink**)

05-06-2011, 10:55 PM

Hey y'all,

My optical drive stopped working and I want to install Microsoft office 2011. Is their a way I can install it without buying a USB external optical drive? I do have an iMac and a pc running windows xp, is their a way I can remotely use either of the 2 computers drive?

chscag · chscag #2 (**permalink**)

05-06-2011, 11:27 PM

If you have two Macs and they both have a firewire port, you can use Target Disk Mode to install Office 2011. The best way though is to buy an inexpensive external optical drive. Amazon and NewEgg both have inexpensive USB optical drives.

hike_oh · hike_oh #3 (**permalink**)

05-06-2011, 11:48 PM

alrighty.... I was just thinking there was a way to do it like the macbookair's... Thanks for the help! :-)

Stretch · Stretch #4 (**permalink**)

05-07-2011, 11:53 AM

You should be able to do the Remote Disc option. Check your System Prefs under the Sharing tab for DVD/CD Sharing. It probably will go quicker in Target Disk Mode though.

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Member Since: Jan 23, 2008 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Posts: 32,024 Mac Specs: 21.5" iMac 2.5 GHz i5, iPad 3rd Gen., 3 iPods	05-06-2011, 11:27 PM If you have two Macs and they both have a firewire port, you can use Target Disk Mode to install Office 2011. The best way though is to buy an inexpensive external optical drive. Amazon and NewEgg both have inexpensive USB optical drives. Community Guidelines
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Member Since: Jan 13, 2007 Location: Central New York Posts: 4,614 Mac Specs: 15in i7 MacBook Pro, 8GB RAM, 60GB SSD, 500GB HD	05-07-2011, 11:53 AM You should be able to do the Remote Disc option. Check your System Prefs under the Sharing tab for DVD/CD Sharing. It probably will go quicker in Target Disk Mode though. Blog and Photo Gallery: http://philolin.me/ Currently running OS X 10.8.2
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Member Since: May 06, 2011 Location: Georgia Posts: 2 Mac Specs: Macbook Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz, 27' iMac 2.7GHz quad-core Intel Core i5, iPhone 4, iTouch	05-06-2011, 10:55 PM Hey y'all, My optical drive stopped working and I want to install Microsoft office 2011. Is their a way I can install it without buying a USB external optical drive? I do have an iMac and a pc running windows xp, is their a way I can remotely use either of the 2 computers drive?
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