I haven't tossed my disks (they're stored away in a CD storage container), but I did copy all my CD's to a USB hard drive, with each folder properly labeled as to what it is. All the PGMusic programs install fine this way, and I can install any version of the program I wish without having to go look for the disks. Actually, I've done that with all my programs. There's only two or three that want to be installed from the CD directly, and for those, I just created an ISO image that I can mount as a virtual CD, so even then, I don't have to hunt down the CD.

When I rebuild a computer, I just install the OS, then hook the external USB hard drive and start installing. Has worked great for me. Sure, it took time to get everything copied over, but you only have to do it once. Of course, since USB hard drives are so cheap now, I have everything backed up on another one (just in case).

For programs that require serial numbers, I just include the serial number in the folder name, which I can then just copy/paste into the registration form when I need to. Saves a lot of time.

John

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