how to upgrade xp home to xp pro?

[eyeball]

hi all,

iv never had to do this before so im just checking with one of you guys who may have done this. but is it as simple as inserting the xp pro disc and running setup from the gui?

and are there any risks or things to watch out for when doing this?

thank you

[boooggy]

it s easy as u said with only one thing: u have to provide a xp pro serial during the setup.

in rest i dont see any problems even if i like the fresh installs.

[eyeball]

thanks for that i have the volume license key that they need for the upgrade. and yes i totally agree with you, if it was up to me i would fresh install

[Andromeda43]

I'd just use my XP-Pro +SP2 Upgrade CD.

Works great. Get the UPGRADE cd though.....not the OEM CD.

It also makes a great "Repair" in case windows functions cease to work.

You can even use it to do an "Unattended" re-install of XP.

From the 'RUN' box: (type in the following line and press ENTER)

D:\i386\winnt32.exe /unattend

(In the above example, my XP pro Upgrade CD was in the CD drive and "D" represents the drive letter for my CD drive)

You can also copy that "i386" folder from your CD to a second HD partition or backup HD for an even quicker reinstall.

Works every time!

Good Luck,

Andromeda43 B)

Edited May 4, 2006 by Andromeda43