Upgrade from XP Home to Professional on eMachines

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John Hale wrote:

> I have an eMachines 2862 that comes with a Windows XP Home. Instead of a
> regular operating system backup disk, it ships with a restore disk that
> wipes the hard drive clean and restores the PC to its shipping day status.
>
> My wife was able to purchase XP Professional at the university she works
> at, which I hoped to install and then use as an OS backup disk.
> However,it comes with warnings to reformat your hard drive and do a
> clean install, rather than use it for an upgrade of an existing
> installation. Should I heed their warnings, or are they being overly
> cautious? Thanks,
>
> John Hale

Give it a try, you can always do the clean install later if it doesn't
work out.

Blip

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On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 09:55:52 GMT, John Hale
<nospamjshale3301@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>I have an eMachines 2862 that comes with a Windows XP Home. Instead of a
>regular operating system backup disk, it ships with a restore disk that
>wipes the hard drive clean and restores the PC to its shipping day status.
>
>My wife was able to purchase XP Professional at the university she works
>at, which I hoped to install and then use as an OS backup disk.
>However,it comes with warnings to reformat your hard drive and do a
>clean install, rather than use it for an upgrade of an existing
>installation. Should I heed their warnings, or are they being overly
>cautious? Thanks,
>
>John Hale

Do the clean install.





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That's probably because with most OEM and some Academic versions, you can
only do a clean install, since (esp. for OEM's) it's intended for a "virgin"
drive anyway.

Either way, I think you'll be happier in the long run doing the clean
install in any case.

--
"Hurricane" Andrew
Milford, Delaware


"John Hale" <nospamjshale3301@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:IWM6e.755$716.458@newssvr19.news.prodigy.com...
>I have an eMachines 2862 that comes with a Windows XP Home. Instead of a
>regular operating system backup disk, it ships with a restore disk that
>wipes the hard drive clean and restores the PC to its shipping day status.
>
> My wife was able to purchase XP Professional at the university she works
> at, which I hoped to install and then use as an OS backup disk. However,it
> comes with warnings to reformat your hard drive and do a clean install,
> rather than use it for an upgrade of an existing installation. Should I
> heed their warnings, or are they being overly cautious? Thanks,
>
> John Hale

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John Hale wrote:
> I have an eMachines 2862 that comes with a Windows XP Home. Instead of a
> regular operating system backup disk, it ships with a restore disk that
> wipes the hard drive clean and restores the PC to its shipping day status.
>
> My wife was able to purchase XP Professional at the university she works
> at, which I hoped to install and then use as an OS backup disk.
> However,it comes with warnings to reformat your hard drive and do a
> clean install, rather than use it for an upgrade of an existing
> installation. Should I heed their warnings, or are they being overly
> cautious? Thanks,
>
> John Hale
Thanks for everyone's input, looks like I will be needing an evening for
some back up and a clean install.

John Hale