No ability to use Excel or read saved Excel files

Just recently Excel disappeared from my laptop as did the ability to open
Excell files I have saved. I get a message to insert disk with Microsoft
Office XP Professional with Front Page, however I don't have a disk like
that. Can anyone help me to get Excel back again? Many thanks
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Sammi

How ? Have you tried a System Restore to see if that will help, that's if it
wasn't that long ago.
Joan

"sammi" <sammi@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:52BD009F-9CB5-47AD-8543-3560CA07EF3F@microsoft.com...
> Just recently Excel disappeared from my laptop as did the ability to open
> Excell files I have saved. I get a message to insert disk with Microsoft
> Office XP Professional with Front Page, however I don't have a disk like
> that. Can anyone help me to get Excel back again? Many thanks
> --
> Sammi

"sammi" <sammi@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:52BD009F-9CB5-47AD-8543-3560CA07EF3F@microsoft.com...
> Just recently Excel disappeared from my laptop as did the ability to open
> Excell files I have saved. I get a message to insert disk with Microsoft
> Office XP Professional with Front Page, however I don't have a disk like
> that. Can anyone help me to get Excel back again? Many thanks
> --
> Sammi

How long have you had the machine?
Was it a trial version or a full version?

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Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM
www.fjsmjs.com
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"sammi" <sammi@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:52BD009F-9CB5-47AD-8543-3560CA07EF3F@microsoft.com...
> Just recently Excel disappeared from my laptop as did the ability to open
> Excell files I have saved. I get a message to insert disk with Microsoft
> Office XP Professional with Front Page, however I don't have a disk like
> that. Can anyone help me to get Excel back again? Many thanks
> --
> Sammi

If you don't have a legal copy of MS Excel, why not try OpenOffice.org
http://www.openoffice.org/
This is free open sourced software and includes an Excel compatible
spreadsheet program.
Regards Mike.