MS Office 2010 restore

Ranger4 · 10 Mar 2015

Hopefully all repaired now.
As MS keeps updating various programs over time, previous version become unavailable, so it's always best to have a separate backup drive such as an external USB connectible one & these are readily available for a reason cost.
You can use an imaging program such as Macrium Reflect to make a complete image of your main operating system drive & in the event of a failure you can copy the image back again & get yourself under way again in a very short time & be fairly up to date as long as you do regular imaging.
I use Macrium & do an image back up once a week & I have one of the paid versions.
Macrium is available as a free program, but the paid version has a lot more features. A new version of Macrium has just been released & the free version of that will soon be available. Have a look at this website for more info.

Macrium Reflect Free

ignatzatsonic · 10 Mar 2015

Ranger4 said:

That seems to be what MS are doing these days as Office 2010 is getting hard to find.

Have a look at this one. Scroll down & there is a link to download Office 2010. I have not tried the actual download as I don't need it, but check it out & see how you go.

https://products.office.com/en-us/do...6-56b93a6e25da

I've got a legit Office 2010 and tried the above link out of curiosity to see if maybe I could download an ISO anyway.

I entered my valid product key and it generated an error:

"The Office 2010 Product Key provided represents a product which is not eligible for free download."

There was a link in that error message to a "list of eligible products".

I used the link and was shown this list of eligible products:

My version is the third on the list---Home and Student 2010, so I don't know why the problem. Luckily, I don't actually need it as I have my disc.

Office Professional 2010
Office Home and Business 2010
Office Home and Student 2010
Microsoft Outlook 2010
Microsoft Word 2010
Microsoft Excel 2010
Microsoft Access 2010
Microsoft PowerPoint 2010
Microsoft OneNote 2010
Microsoft Publisher 2010
Microsoft InfoPath 2010
Microsoft Visio Standard 2010
Microsoft Visio Professional 2010
Microsoft Project Standard 2010
Microsoft Project Professional 2010

Ranger4 · 10 Mar 2015

@ignatzatsonic.
That's interesting. I had not tried the download as I use Office 2013 Pro. But your reply may pose some problems for possible future reference for those that are looking for new download.
Did you buy Office Home & Student 2010 as an addition or did it come with your computer. Although I don't know why that would cause a problem.

ignatzatsonic · 10 Mar 2015

Ranger4 said:

@ignatzatsonic.
That's interesting. I had not tried the download as I use Office 2013 Pro. But your reply may pose some problems for possible future reference for those that are looking for new download.
Did you buy Office Home & Student 2010 as an addition or did it come with your computer. Although I don't know why that would cause a problem.

I built the PC and installed my own Office 2007 circa 2011.

In October 2013, I bought Office 2010 Home and Student; MS SKU 79G-02144, 1 user, 3 PCs from B and H Photo in NYC. A totally legit dealer as far as I know.

It installed and activated with no issues at all.

Other than that, I dunno what's going on with that link. Possibly it's out of order. Possibly there are some Office 2010 Home and Student SKUs that don't qualify? Dunno.

Ranger4 · 11 Mar 2015

It does seem odd & I certainly can't add anything useful.