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Subject: Home Edition to Pro
Posted by: Promize
- [28839168] Fri, Oct 01, 2004, 11:53
Is this basically a complete new upgrade? Trying to do this for my dads office computer, each time I put the CD in I get a message saying that the Home Edition is newer then the Professional Upgrade.. Doesn't make since?
Does this mean I gotta basically do a fresh install or something? Calling Windows is like a 40 minute wait on the phone...
Just trying to figure out what all I am gonna have to backup if it is a fresh install.
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| 1 | RunNGun
ID: 348352715
Sat, Oct 02, 2004, 02:28
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What CD are you trying to use? Is it a retail update version of XP Pro? Is it an OEM CD?
Here is a newsgroup article that _may_ help determine what version CD you have.
Upgrade XP Home to XP Pro from Full XP Pro cd?
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| 2 | Promize
ID: 28839168
Sat, Oct 02, 2004, 11:26
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It is an upgrade version, I think I can use it, thing is, I think it basically will be a whole new install type thing. I just gotta boot from the CD.
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| 3 | sarge33rd
ID: 4910220
Sun, Oct 03, 2004, 13:51
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did my xp pro install fresh from a full vers cd. In my exp with win95/win98, the upgrade versions arent worth a tinkers damn. Tried upgrading 95 to 98 with an upgrade vers some years ago and wound up spending more money then to buy the full vers cd of 98. (Have never known an upgrade OS version to be worth bothering with unless it was the same OS just a new edition as in win98 SE for ex.)
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