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Q147848: MSB Human: How to Run Macintosh Program without CD

Article: Q147848
Product(s): Microsoft Home Kids Products
Version(s): MACINTOSH:1.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbfaq
Last Modified: 17-JUL-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Scholastic's Magic School Bus series: Explores the Human Body for the Macintosh, version 1.0 
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SUMMARY
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If you want to run one of the programs listed above from the hard drive rather
than from the compact disc to increase performance or to make use of the product
more convenient, you can follow the steps listed below.

MORE INFORMATION
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IMPORTANT: The information below is given for information purposes ONLY. The
products are designed to run from the CD-ROM drive; therefore, the
configurations discussed below are NOT recommended or supported by Microsoft.

Magic School Bus Explores the Human Body
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Version 1.0
Approximate disk space needed: 320.2 MB

1. Copy the following items from compact disc onto the Macintosh Hard Drive
  icon:

  Setup
  ReadMe
  Mband.ini
  Icon
  Bod-R

2. Rename Macintosh Hard Drive to "Magic School Bus" (without the quotation
  marks).

  NOTE: To rename your hard drive, Sharing must be turned off.

3. Run Magic School Bus Setup from the hard drive.

4. Drag the following files into the trash can:

  Icon
  Mband.ini
  Setup

5. Run Magic School Bus Explores the Human Body.

You should now be able to run Magic School Bus Explores the Human Body from the
hard drive without inserting the compact disc.

IMPORTANT: If you need to run Setup from the compact disc at a later time, make
sure that your hard drive is named something other than "Magic School Bus".
Otherwise, Setup may fail.

Additional query words: 1.00 msbhb msbss frizz kbmm multimedia multi-media multi media flat move server network mac cd-rom disk compact harddrive hard-drive macmsbhuman msbhuman

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Keywords          :  kbfaq
Technology        : kbHomeProdSearch kbKidsSearch kbScholasticHumanMac kbMSBSearch
Version           : MACINTOSH:1.0
Issue type        : kbhowto

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