Problems upgrading from XP Home to XP Pro

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In news:9F07FF31-1211-4B3B-A6FF-8FA16F0E0F7D@microsoft.com,
Sanjit <Sanjit@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:

> I currently have Win XP Home SP2, and wanted to upgrade to Win
> XP
> Pro. Bought an upgrade CD (XP Pro SP2 also). When I tried to
> upgrade,
> got an error: Data Error (cyclic redundancy error) for
> mountmgr.sys.
> Just could not get past that.
> Tried again changing in MSCONFIG to shutdown services, still no
> luck.
> Tried booting from CD, error said "mountmgr.sys" is corrupted.
> Tried Diagnostic Startup in MSCONFIG, same cyclic redundancy
> error.
> All external devices to PC also turned off.
> Any help please?


It sounds to me like your CD *is* corrupted.


--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup



> BTW, I needed IIS for web development and testing, so wanted to
> upgrade to XP Pro.

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Thanks - will try to exchange from store (I hope I hope)

"Ken Blake" wrote:

> In news:9F07FF31-1211-4B3B-A6FF-8FA16F0E0F7D@microsoft.com,
> Sanjit <Sanjit@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
>
> > I currently have Win XP Home SP2, and wanted to upgrade to Win
> > XP
> > Pro. Bought an upgrade CD (XP Pro SP2 also). When I tried to
> > upgrade,
> > got an error: Data Error (cyclic redundancy error) for
> > mountmgr.sys.
> > Just could not get past that.
> > Tried again changing in MSCONFIG to shutdown services, still no
> > luck.
> > Tried booting from CD, error said "mountmgr.sys" is corrupted.
> > Tried Diagnostic Startup in MSCONFIG, same cyclic redundancy
> > error.
> > All external devices to PC also turned off.
> > Any help please?
>
>
> It sounds to me like your CD *is* corrupted.
>
>
> --
> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
> Please reply to the newsgroup
>
>
>
> > BTW, I needed IIS for web development and testing, so wanted to
> > upgrade to XP Pro.
>
>
>