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| Posted By : Trumpet Player - 11/19/2016 1:36 PM | Hi all-
I just bought a new laptop with no CD reader in it, and would like to install my Finale 2010 on it. Unfortunately I have a Finale CD, and when I sign into the Finale page it tells me that Finale 2010 is not available for download.
What can I do?
Thanks for any advice you can give.
Trumpet Player
Finale 2010 Windows |
| Posted By : Motet - 11/19/2016 1:51 PM | If I were you I'd call MM and demand a downloadable version. They can do it. Since modern laptops don't always have DVD drives, they need to rethink their policy.
Finale 2014.5, 2011b, 2005, TGTools
Windows 7, MIDI input
Finale Transposition Chart |
| Posted By : Charles Lawrence - 11/19/2016 2:15 PM | One suggestion is to take your CD to a computer that has a CD Drive. Make an ISO image of the CD using CD imaging software. Take the ISO back to your new laptop, and using virtual CD/DVD drive software, you can mount the ISO and run the installation. Granted, if you don't already have the requisite software, it will take searching the internet for freeware versions. They exist.
"Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking about!"
Windows 10 Professional (x64) (build 10586)
3.50 gigahertz Intel Core i7-5930K, Multi-core (6 total), Hyper-threaded (12 total)
32638 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory, 17514.37 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 - 4GB [Display adapter]
ASUS Rampage V Extreme motherboard, Realtek HD Audio
Finale 2014.5.6359, Finale 25.1.0.182
Garritan GPO4.02
Cakewalk SONAR X3 - (X3e build 244) - x64, Sound Forge Audio Studio 10.0, Audacity 2.1.0
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| Posted By : Charles Lawrence - 11/19/2016 6:51 PM | Yes, Jetcopy's solution will be the lesser hassle, and cheep. You will probably need a DVD/CD drive sometime else in the future as well.
"Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking about!"
Windows 10 Professional (x64) (build 10586)
3.50 gigahertz Intel Core i7-5930K, Multi-core (6 total), Hyper-threaded (12 total)
32638 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory, 17514.37 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 - 4GB [Display adapter]
ASUS Rampage V Extreme motherboard, Realtek HD Audio
Finale 2014.5.6359, Finale 25.1.0.182
Garritan GPO4.02
Cakewalk SONAR X3 - (X3e build 244) - x64, Sound Forge Audio Studio 10.0, Audacity 2.1.0
Sharpeye 2.68, PhotoScore Ultimate 7.0.2, SmartScore X2 Pro 10.5.8
"There is a world of difference between a person who has a big problem and a person who makes a problem big." – John Maxwell
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| Posted By : ttw - 11/19/2016 7:04 PM | What I've done on my cdless computers is to put them on my local LAN (the modem I use to get to the NET) and copy them using Windows Explorer and file sharing. The other thing I've done is as above, used a memory stick.
Finale 2014.5, 25
GWI, GPO4, GPO5, JABB 3, Steinway Basic, COMB2
Windows 10 Pro HP Envy Desktop
Windows 10 Home HP Portable |
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