Word 5.5 in dos

[hejlik]

I was googling  this problem and came across this site. Looks like a nice site with lots of activity.

Anyway, here is my problem.  For reasons that are too lengthy to get into, I need to install word 5.5 on an old machine that runs dos. I found a free version of word 5.5, and downloaded it to my pc.  I was going to put it on a floppy, but it is to large. There are no other drives on this pc.   It is an exe file, so I think I have to split it. I can extract it in a folder also, then make several disks, but not sure how to install from this.

What I think I need is a way to split the exe file, put it on some disks, and install off them somehow. My guess is I will have to merge them again.

Now I know very little about dos.  I do not know what to type or how to type it as far as command lines go so bear that in mind

Thanks.
Dan

[patio]

There is no free ver. of MSWord.

[Broni]

You need this: http://www.freebyte.com/hjsplit/#classic

[hejlik]

Patio  if you go here  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ms_word   and scroll down to References, #5 is a FREE version of Microsoft Word 5.5


Thanks Broni.  I will give it a try.

[patio]

I'm not going to read a Wiki article to see what happens...
Post a link to the Free version and we'll go from there.
I'm not insisting i'm correct but i'm not doing the legwork as i don't have the time.

[Broni]

http://www.downloadsquad.com/2005/11/25/free-file/
Click on "Microsoft is giving it away" link

[hejlik]

Sorry I didn't post a link before.

And I have to admit, I didn't notice you were the admin, and I know you have a job to do. I realize you don't have time to check out everything and I really don't want to get off on the wrong foot here, but there is just something about being called a liar that gets under my skin.

I was going to post a link for you, but Broni (thanks) already did.

I am going to give this a try today and see what happens. I am not very confident I am going to get this to work, but who knows.

[hejlik]

When I downloaded Word 5.5 I get a file or application called WD55_ben.  If I double-click on WD55_ben in Windows XP it takes me to a small DOS screen and unpacks 300+ files.

Now, what I'd like to know is if I should try to use HJSPLIT on the WD55_ben to move it to the dos computer OR should I unpack all the files into a separate folder on my XP computer and then try to move that folder to the dos computer?

Thanks for your help
Dan

[Broni]

should I unpack all the files into a separate folder on my XP computer and then try to move that folder to the dos computer?

You can try. This way, you can move certain number of files (to fit into floppy) at a time.

[hejlik]

That did it.  Or at least I get to the setup screen.  Thanks for the help guys!!

[Broni]

Yoy're welcome
Happy DOS-ing!

[hejlik]

Well, that didn't word. Everything looked ok, but during the install, it told me I was missing a file.  Word.ex$. I think is what it was called.  Any advise?  I looked in the folder where I unpacked the program and there was no word.ex$ file  ??

[Broni]

It looks like installation needs that whole WD55_ben.exe file. You may try the other method, I posted before.

[hejlik]

I will give it a try tomorrow. Can't miss the BUD Shootout!!

[Dias de verano]

during the install, it told me I was missing a file.  Word.ex$. I think is what it was called.

Wd55_ben.exe is a self-extracting archive, that is, a Zip archive with a bit of code added to make it able to self extract without you having to have an archive app installed (like WinZip, WinRAR etc). I opened the archive in WinRAR and there is the Word.ex$ file, 190,826 bytes unpacked size. I also unpacked it and found word.ex$ in the top folder of the resulting folder tree.  I wonder if you missed this one when you were transferring the files?

You did know that a complete folder tree needs to be created, that your transfer method may not be doing that?

BEFORE....


AFTER....


What you really should be doing is somehow getting the whole wd55_ben.exe file into a folder on the target computer. Maybe you could span it over 4 floppies using winrar, winzip or hjsplit? Or burn it to a cd or dvd? Or upload it to Gmail or send it as an email attachment?