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Ron Martell wrote:
> Andrew E. <eckrichco@msn.com> wrote:
>
>> One really shouldnt even upgrade home to pro,as microsoft puts
>> it,one should boot to xp cd,recovery,type
iskPart In
>> DiskPart,delete the partition (xp home),create one,then press Esc
>> Then type:FORMAT C: /FS:ntfs When
>> thru type:EXIT Restart,then reboot to xp cd,this time
>> select,install xp.A clean
>> install of pro is the only way to go.
>>
>
> Balderdash. Hogwash. Malarkey.
>
> Upgrades to Windows XP can be done quite successfully, and a vast
> number of users have done so. And the upgrade from Home to Pro is
> perhaps the simplest and most problem free of any operating system
> upgrade in recent years.
>
> Why put the user to the totally unnecessary, and very time consuming,
> tasks of backing up all of his data, locating the original install
> disks for all his applications, reinstalling all of these apps after
> the format and clean install, and then restoring the data from
> backups? All this does is to turn a perhaps two hour task into a 2 or
> 3 day workout, and for no good reason.
>
> And if the upgrade does go poorly (and there are some instances where
> this does happen) then the option to reformat and reinstall everything
> is still there.
>
>
> Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
Because, my dear Ronald, he is Andrew the Eejit and, therefore, genetically
programmed to spout inane garbage. He can't help it, it's some kind of
innate mental deficiency. I used to email him and correct him, but he just
used to respond by quoting meaningless KB articles that had absolutely
nothing to do with the issue being debated, so I gave up.
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