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Thank you very much for the advice
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My Visual Studio 2010 CD is getting a little old and I wanted to back it up on a hard drive. I copied all the folders on the CD into a folder on a hard drive. Is this OK as a backup and can it be used to install the product?<br />
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Thanks
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Hi

My Visual Studio 2010 CD is getting a little old and I wanted to back it up on a hard drive. I copied all the folders on the CD into a folder on a hard drive. Is this OK as a backup and can it be used to install the product?

Thanks

Visual Studio 2010 Save installation CD files on a hard drive

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