Thank you for the suggestion. As long as (as others suggested) I can install the VFP 9 from the thumb drive.

>I strongly advice that you don't install it in the default folder. Personally I prefer c:\vfp9
>
>>Thank you, Mukesh. I hope you are right. This will be the first software I will be installing on the new PC.
>>
>>>Hi Dimitry,
>>>
>>>i think you objective is to install Visual Foxpro version 9 on your new computer. for this you can just copy the full dump of VFP installation files either on thumb drive or on your computer hard drive.
>>>Now Install foxpro from the dump. It will not ask for any precious version.
>>>
>>>Thank you
>>>Mukesh Khandelwal
>>>
>>>Hi Lutz,
>>>
>>>If I understand your message correctly, I should copy the DVD to a thumb drive and install from the latter. And I should not be prompted to insert the previous version of VFP. If this is the case, I am ok. I will try it.
>>>Thanks,
>>>
>>>>Hi Dimitry,
>>>>
>>>>I have just a folder where the VFP9 files are copied to. The box and the DVD are labeled Upgrade. There was no need for anything, and I have installed this comp multiple times.
>>>>
>>>>1# try if it runs from the folder without old ver
>>>>2# if you need the old ver, try to copy the whole old DVD to a pen drives root.
>>>>3# if this fails, create an image from the DVD, copy the iso to the new comp, double click and there is a virtual drive.
>>>>4# Try to temporary connect the old one. If possible.
>>>>5# Borrow one
>>>>6# By one
>>>>
>>>>Lutz
>>>>>Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>>I will need to install VFP 9 on a new computer which comes without a CD/DVD drive.
>>>>>1. I can buy an external USB-connected CD/DVD drive and install VFP9
>>>>>2. If I don't choose 1 (above), the other method is to copy all files from the DVD onto a thumb drive on the computer that has a DVD drive. Then install VFP9 from the thumb drive. But from what I remember, during the installation of VFP9 I have to insert a VFP DVD of a previous version. I have those prev versions DVD but nothing to insert them to. What file do I need to copy to a thumb drive from the prev version of the VFP?
>>>>>3. Create an image of my existing VFP9 installation - on the Windows 7 (where I type this message). Then install VFP 9 from the image. Is this possible? If so, how?
>>>>>TIA