A friend gave me a PC w/ Home on it. Sysconfig is shot and chkdsk /p /
r did not fix problem. I do not have XP home on disk and my buddy
can't find the disks that came w/ his pc at purchase. Can I install
Pro w/out formatting the c drive and still preserve my friends data?
providing you have a spare winxp pro licence, allthough data backup is
allways wise
<padaoust@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1195082320.145759.273760@v2g2000hsf.googlegro ups.com...
>A friend gave me a PC w/ Home on it. Sysconfig is shot and chkdsk /p /
> r did not fix problem. I do not have XP home on disk and my buddy
> can't find the disks that came w/ his pc at purchase. Can I install
> Pro w/out formatting the c drive and still preserve my friends data?
>
In news:1195082320.145759.273760@v2g2000hsf.googlegro ups.com, padaoust@gmail.com <padaoust@gmail.com> wrote:
> A friend gave me a PC w/ Home on it. Sysconfig is shot and
> chkdsk /p /
> r did not fix problem. I do not have XP home on disk and my
> buddy
> can't find the disks that came w/ his pc at purchase. Can I
> install
> Pro w/out formatting the c drive and still preserve my
> friends data?
Only if your copy of XP Pro is the retail version. An OEM
version can only be used to perform a clean installation.
As microsoft puts it "The upgrade is for older windows OS" hence,thier is
no upgrade from xp home to pro,only a clean install is recommended.....
"padaoust@gmail.com" wrote:
> A friend gave me a PC w/ Home on it. Sysconfig is shot and chkdsk /p /
> r did not fix problem. I do not have XP home on disk and my buddy
> can't find the disks that came w/ his pc at purchase. Can I install
> Pro w/out formatting the c drive and still preserve my friends data?
>
>
Andrew E. wrote:
> As microsoft puts it "The upgrade is for older windows OS"
> hence,thier is no upgrade from xp home to pro,only a clean install
> is recommended.....
Wow - you've changed your incorrect quote...
It's still incorrect - but at least it is new for you.
You cannot be this thick, stubborn or that incapable of learning. You have
tried to prove, time and time again with this answer about there not being a
valid path to upgrade from Windows XP Home Edition to Windows XP
Professional Edition, that you just may actually be that thick, stubborn and
incapable of learning. I am asking you - again - to support your claim or
at least give your actual reason for posting this obviously incorrect
answer. I have to give you credit - maybe I missed a post or two - but at
least you have changed your wording.
There are only two possibilities as I see it, Andrew E.
One possibility is that you are truly this dense. You have no idea that
what you are posting is incorrect and when people do call you on it - as
many have and will continue to do as long as you post drivel - you only
acknowledge it in so far as to be a little more caustic in your next reply
(with 'others might say' or something similar...) Therefore actually
believing - despite the fact that the other responders provide proof for
their answers and some (like myself) have asked you for proof or reasoning
behind your answer(s) - in the answer you have given, but being unwilling
(or in this theories case - unable due to lack of ability) to support the
information you have given.
Second possibility is that you are a cruel individual. You are giving out
false information *just* to do so in hopes that you can make someone take
their situation a step too far and lose data and time. I actually (and
sadly) see this as the most likely possibility.
In any case - I will give you the same answer I have given you time and time
again on this subject (upgrading from Windows XP Home Edition to Windows XP
Professional Edition) and hope that perhaps this time - you will have the
self-dignity to actually respond to the request for reasoning (I actually
want you to RESPOND to me) for your incorrect answer...
When you get one wrong (like this one) the first time - and it is proven to
you that it was the incorrect assumption - repeating it over and over does
not make it true.
The same answer I continue to give to prove to you that your assumption is
completely and totally false:
Andrew E. has been incorrect about this many times - but refuses (or perhaps
cannot comprehend) the fact that upgrading from Windows XP Home to Windows
Professional is supported and one of the easiest paths to follow.
"Andrew E." <eckrichco@msn.com> wrote in message
news:CFC80276-9F35-432E-8E18-1E45376D71BA@microsoft.com...
> As microsoft puts it "The upgrade is for older windows OS" hence,thier is
> no upgrade from xp home to pro,only a clean install is recommended.....
>
> "padaoust@gmail.com" wrote:
>
>> A friend gave me a PC w/ Home on it. Sysconfig is shot and chkdsk /p /
>> r did not fix problem. I do not have XP home on disk and my buddy
>> can't find the disks that came w/ his pc at purchase. Can I install
>> Pro w/out formatting the c drive and still preserve my friends data?
>>
>>
1st. yoru hard disk sounds nalered but anyway ....
2nd you can upgrade if you have a retail version that supoprt upgrade if you
dnt you can still do it but you need to do it unattned i think
3rd upgrade usually fails so i suggest gettign there data off then doigna
clean isntall
<padaoust@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1195082320.145759.273760@v2g2000hsf.googlegro ups.com...
>A friend gave me a PC w/ Home on it. Sysconfig is shot and chkdsk /p /
> r did not fix problem. I do not have XP home on disk and my buddy
> can't find the disks that came w/ his pc at purchase. Can I install
> Pro w/out formatting the c drive and still preserve my friends data?
>
Hi there folks, whilst there is a very clearly posted upgrade path from
windows xp home addition to windows xp pro addition using either the xp pro
upgrade or full version, regardless of whether the original instal is oem or
full etc... to upgrade a damaged (non working) xp home could be quite tricky
and lengthy. Has this upgrade been undertaken yet? If not then my next
question has to be; Is the file system you are trying to save, in the form of;
1 just saved files
2 saved files and programs
3 just programs
Upgrading any non function OS is usually just asking for trouble, depending
on the problem the upgrade can be just as non functional as the previous OS.
"RoguePants" <RoguePants@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:05B9DB04-DC3A-420A-9809-A487E2578FC1@microsoft.com...
> Hi there folks, whilst there is a very clearly posted upgrade path from
> windows xp home addition to windows xp pro addition using either the xp
> pro
> upgrade or full version, regardless of whether the original instal is oem
> or
> full etc... to upgrade a damaged (non working) xp home could be quite
> tricky
> and lengthy. Has this upgrade been undertaken yet? If not then my next
> question has to be; Is the file system you are trying to save, in the form
> of;
> 1 just saved files
> 2 saved files and programs
> 3 just programs
>
XP Home to XP Pro 
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