MS Streets & Trips on Acer Netbook?

[JeepN95YJ]

MS Streets & Trips on Acer Netbook? PROBLEM SOLVED!

I have an Acer Aspire One netbook that I would like to use with MS Streets & Trips. I'm fairly competent with a computer but FAR from proficient.

I don't have an external DVD/CD drive to load the software and am having problems. I've used my desktop PC to load the disks to a 4 gig memory stick and can load the first disk without a problem. But when I try to load the 2nd (data) disk the wizard asks to re-insert disk 1 and I can't get the computer to recognize the disks through the memory stick. I've even tried to load the disks on two separate memory sticks without success. I have, however, loaded numerous other programs in this same manner without a problem.

I saw this in another thread. I think off-roader was referring to his Acer Netbook when he references "laptop":

FWIW, I'm also running MS Streets & Trips 2009 using the same laptop. Both Topo CA & MS S&T fit on one 8GB Class 6 (i.e. fast) SD card. Since it's pretty much a read only app, I have no fear about wearing out the card prematurely w/ excessive writes.

Would this be a better option? How would I set that up?

Any help you can offer would be appreciated. I'm trying to make this work without spending additional money.

 

[paulj]

I succeeded in loading a 2002 version of S&T on my One. I tried several things, but I don't recall at the moment which worked:
- set the optical drive on the other computer (in my case an old laptop) to share, and read the CDs from that
- copied the cd images to a stick (.iso), and used Virtual CloneDrive to read them.

 

[CanuckMariner/Nomad]

Now that you have the software on your memory sticks, insert them and copy the software all to one folder and install from there not the sticks. That should work.

I also have an Acer Aspire One and that's how I install all software and works fine with me. Enjoy it as it is a super net book.

 

[JeepN95YJ]

Now that you have the software on your memory sticks, insert them and copy the software all to one folder and install from there not the sticks. That should work.

I also have an Acer Aspire One and that's how I install all software and works fine with me. Enjoy it as it is a super net book.

HEY THANKS!

It worked! I combined all the individual files from disk 1 and disk 2 into the same folder and then clicked the disk 1 setup file. The wizard performed a full installation without a hitch. (My earlier mistake was keeping the disk 1 and 2 folders separate. No way I could get the wizard to recognize the 2nd disk.)

Thanks a lot. I also learned today (from an EXPO post) that I could enable the software to invert my screen. Now I can mount my netbook to the roll cage on my TJ and flip the screen down to view.

Thanks EXPO!

 

[CanuckMariner/Nomad]

HEY THANKS!

It worked! I combined all the individual files from disk 1 and disk 2 into the same folder and then clicked the disk 1 setup file. The wizard performed a full installation without a hitch. (My earlier mistake was keeping the disk 1 and 2 folders separate. No way I could get the wizard to recognize the 2nd disk.)

Thanks a lot. I also learned today (from an EXPO post) that I could enable the software to invert my screen. Now I can mount my netbook to the roll cage on my TJ and flip the screen down to view.

Thanks EXPO!

Glad it all worked out|!