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Windows Forum / Windows XP / Setup and Deployment / December 2007Upgrade from XP Home to XP Professional
Hi, i own XP Home. I want to upgrade to XP Pro. I have an Fullversion OEM of XP Pro. The Updateoption is not pissobile, only NewInstall... WHY??? Microsoft says,the two OS are so similiar in some areas the two OS conflict with one & the other during the pro install.Hence,microsoft only recommends a clean pro install although pro has been installed on top of home w/o conflicts.. > Hi, i own XP Home. I want to upgrade to XP Pro. > I have an Fullversion OEM of XP Pro. > The Updateoption is not pissobile, only NewInstall... > WHY??? Oh shut up Andrew! Instead of spewing your nonsense why don't you provide concrete proof (in the form of links to Microsoft literature) that supports the upgrade notions in your confused mind. Once and for all if you cannot provide proof to your claims STFU! The reason the OP can't upgrade is because he is using an OEM version, and, as explained by Nepatsfan, OEM versions cannot do upgrades. John > Microsoft says,the two OS are so similiar in some areas the two OS conflict > with one & the other during the pro install.Hence,microsoft only recommends [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >>The Updateoption is not pissobile, only NewInstall... >>WHY??? > Hi, i own XP Home. I want to upgrade to XP Pro. > I have an Fullversion OEM of XP Pro. > The Updateoption is not pissobile, only NewInstall... > WHY??? By design, an OEM XP installation CD is only capable or performing a clean installation. It's meant to be distributed with a new PC which has no operating system installed. Says so right on the booklet that comes with the CD. In order to upgrade from Home to Pro you would need a Retail copy of XP. The Upgrade version of XP is only available as a Retail item. The Full Retail version of XP can be used to perform an upgrade as well as a clean installation. Bottom line is that if you want XP Pro on your system, you're going to have to either backup your data files and wipe out the XP Home installation or install XP Pro on a second partition or hard drive and create a multi boot system. Good luck Nepatsfan |
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