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problem with upgrade home to pro
Name: AlexH Date: June 20, 2004 at 00:01:44 Pacific OS: xp home - xp pro CPU/Ram: P4 3.20GHZ, 512 RAM
Comment:
I just bought myself a new notebook the other day (Toshiba Satellite A30), it came with windows xp home but I need to run xp pro for IIS etc. When It gets to the installation part of the upgrade the computer stops responding.
Name: Lena Tamimi Date: June 20, 2004 at 00:41:53 Pacific
Reply:
Try to install it by booting from XP Cdrom
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Response Number 2
Name: smorton000 Date: June 20, 2004 at 00:50:23 Pacific
Reply:
When it asks you to upgrade or full installation, click on full installation and it will install the full version of xp pro on your system. If you have been running on your home edition for a while how do you know that it is a perfect system to upgrade from so it is better to do the full install from the disc.
Steve
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Response Number 3
Name: AlexH Date: June 20, 2004 at 01:50:29 Pacific
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If you know I way I can get the OEM software of my recovery cd then id prefer a clean install, although I know that the home edition is perfect for upgrade because its already a clean install and i only bought the computer 2 days ago dude
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Response Number 4
Name: ozeddie Date: June 20, 2004 at 03:51:00 Pacific
Reply:
Just a warning, some laptops like Compaq presarios do NOT take kindly to having Pro installed over Home, the dialup and the USB doesn't work.
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