Install Professional Ed. over Home Ed.

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After a severe infection, some XP Home ed files are damaged or deleted. The
XP CDs are not available (in storage facility for a year). I was able to
purchase (cheap) the full version of the Professinal ed. but no manuals.

Is installing the Pro ed pretty straight forward? What happens to the
un-needed Home ed. files?

My system is pretty messed up and I don't know where to start.

 

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There are two versions of the XP Pro. One is OEM and will cause more
problems. The other is an official MS retail kit. This retail kit does
permit it to be used to do upgrades.


"desertdog125" <desertdog125@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E5CF4DA6-AD1C-43D6-8BB6-3A56FC42A5A6@microsoft.com...
> After a severe infection, some XP Home ed files are damaged or deleted.
> The
> XP CDs are not available (in storage facility for a year). I was able to
> purchase (cheap) the full version of the Professinal ed. but no manuals.
>
> Is installing the Pro ed pretty straight forward? What happens to the
> un-needed Home ed. files?
>
> My system is pretty messed up and I don't know where to start.
>

 

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The XP Home is Dell OEM (don't have CDs). The XP Pro is not. I'm a
university student and was given the opportunity to purchase the XP Pro for
just the cost of shipping.

Dell keeps telling me that I'll need to Repair or Reinstall from the CDs
they sent me with the pc but I can't get them because I moved and they are in
storeage. I'm hopeful the full version install off the CD the school
supplied will do the trick.

Thanks.

"Yves Leclerc" wrote:

> There are two versions of the XP Pro. One is OEM and will cause more
> problems. The other is an official MS retail kit. This retail kit does
> permit it to be used to do upgrades.
>
>
> "desertdog125" <desertdog125@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E5CF4DA6-AD1C-43D6-8BB6-3A56FC42A5A6@microsoft.com...
> > After a severe infection, some XP Home ed files are damaged or deleted.
> > The
> > XP CDs are not available (in storage facility for a year). I was able to
> > purchase (cheap) the full version of the Professinal ed. but no manuals.
> >
> > Is installing the Pro ed pretty straight forward? What happens to the
> > un-needed Home ed. files?
> >
> > My system is pretty messed up and I don't know where to start.
> >
>
>
>

 

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desertdog125 wrote:

> After a severe infection, some XP Home ed files are damaged or
> deleted. The XP CDs are not available (in storage facility for a
> year). I was able to purchase (cheap) the full version of the
> Professinal ed. but no manuals.
>
> Is installing the Pro ed pretty straight forward? What happens to the
> un-needed Home ed. files?
>
> My system is pretty messed up and I don't know where to start.


I am almost always in favor of doing upgrades, rather than clean
installations, but the one notable exception is when you're experiencing
problems with the current installation. Do a clean installation; an upgrade
is likely to make it worse.

 

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"desertdog125" <desertdog125@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E5CF4DA6-AD1C-43D6-8BB6-3A56FC42A5A6@microsoft.com...
> After a severe infection, some XP Home ed files are damaged or deleted.
> The
> XP CDs are not available (in storage facility for a year). I was able to
> purchase (cheap) the full version of the Professinal ed. but no manuals.
>
> Is installing the Pro ed pretty straight forward? What happens to the
> un-needed Home ed. files?
>
> My system is pretty messed up and I don't know where to start.
>

If your system is messed up then do a clean install - it is good to start
afresh from time to time.

Andy

 

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You can upgrade from XP Home to XP Professional; however, I'm not sure an upgrade will resolve all your problems, it could even create more. Perform a fresh install from your XP Professional CD.

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Greetings,
Daniel Martín


"desertdog125" <desertdog125@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:E5CF4DA6-AD1C-43D6-8BB6-3A56FC42A5A6@microsoft.com...
> After a severe infection, some XP Home ed files are damaged or deleted. The
> XP CDs are not available (in storage facility for a year). I was able to
> purchase (cheap) the full version of the Professinal ed. but no manuals.
>
> Is installing the Pro ed pretty straight forward? What happens to the
> un-needed Home ed. files?
>
> My system is pretty messed up and I don't know where to start.
>