Re: Upgrading Windows XP


"GSV Three Minds in a Can" <GSV@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Bitstring <2uipf.5932$5v1.1461@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, from the wonderful
> person Mr Fixit <dontemailme@xxxxxxxxxxxx> said
>>
>>"GSV Three Minds in a Can" <GSV@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>> Bitstring <43a5965a$0$29578$da0feed9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, from the wonderful
>>> person Alan <alan.skye@xxxxxxxxx> said
>>>>Does anyone know if it is possible to upgrade XP home edition to the
>>>>professional edition without having a total reinstall?
>>>>Just picked up a laptop with home edition and I do really need
>>>>professional
>>>>but am worried I may lose all the drivers already installed.
>>>>thanks
>>>
>>> Yes, it's trivial and even fairly safe. Why do you need Pro? ('plan to
>>> join a domain' is a reasonable answer .. most of the rest you can work
>>> around).
>>>
>>> While you should not lose your drivers, you may lose recent service
>>> packs
>>> and patches, (i.e. if you are patched to XP Home SP2, and you upgrade
>>> with
>>> an XP Pro SP1 CD, I suspect the SP2 patches will need reinstalling).
>>> Windows update will sort it out for you afterwards.
>
>>Its not necessarily a yes my Fujitsu install of XP home Will not upgrade
>>to
>>Pro it complains about missing files it will let me do a clean install
>>with
>>dual boot though?
>
> Which just goes to show that it wasn't a proper XP Home install in the
> first place .. Yes, OK, my comments were addressed to people who have
> 'real' XP Home, installed from a real XP Home CD. Anything which came
> with a PC, or was loaded from a recovery partition, may be a PITA.
>
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> GSV Three Minds in a Can
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Which could be the same as the OP's laptop, a image rather than a install


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