TT CD on laptop

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My desktop has windows 10, it will not upgrade and I do not intend to replace the machine. I do have a laptop with Windows 11 but it does not have a cd drive. Will I able to use the 2025 cd by adding a cd reader to my laptop?

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xmasbaby0Answer

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You do not actually need a disk drive to use desktop software. You can easily just download the software to your computer. Tax year 2024 was the first year that TT did away with the plastic CD's. So many users were confused by the concept of just downloading the software that TT made plastic CD's available for an extra $10 to comfort them. We do not know if they will do that for 2025. There is NO difference between the downloaded desktop software and the software that was installed from a piece of plastic. Most new computers do not have disk drives---thus the download software instead.

**Disclaimer: Every effort has been made to offer the most correct information possible. The poster disclaims any legal responsibility for the accuracy of the information that is contained in this post.**

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xmasbaby0

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You do not actually need a disk drive to use desktop software. You can easily just download the software to your computer. Tax year 2024 was the first year that TT did away with the plastic CD's. So many users were confused by the concept of just downloading the software that TT made plastic CD's available for an extra $10 to comfort them. We do not know if they will do that for 2025. There is NO difference between the downloaded desktop software and the software that was installed from a piece of plastic. Most new computers do not have disk drives---thus the download software instead.

**Disclaimer: Every effort has been made to offer the most correct information possible. The poster disclaims any legal responsibility for the accuracy of the information that is contained in this post.**

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user17537218637Author

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Thank you for confirming the laptop download for 2025. However, I do want you to be aware that there was, in fact, a CD for the 2024 version of TT as I own it.

Thanks,

Phyllis

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xmasbaby0

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Yes----I know there was a CD for 2024. My reply above stated that. When the 2024 desktop software was released there was not a CD. But so many users clamored for a CD that TT made them available for an extra $10 about a month or so into the tax season. There were -- and still will be -- many people who are simply confused and could not understand that downloading the software was no different from installing it by inserting a CD into a disk drive. The software itself is exactly the same; the method of getting it onto your hard drive is the only difference.

**Disclaimer: Every effort has been made to offer the most correct information possible. The poster disclaims any legal responsibility for the accuracy of the information that is contained in this post.**