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    XP Home upgrade to XP Pro ?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by drumfu, Mar 10, 2006.

  1. drumfu

    drumfu super modfu

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    If i drop an XP Pro CD into a machine running XP Home, will it offer an upgrade path to Pro or will i have to reinstall and lose all my settings ?

    EDIT: the XP Pro disc is not an OEM disc
     
    drumfu, Mar 10, 2006
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  2. Budding

    Budding Notebook Virtuoso

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    Upgrade should be available provided your (legit) XP Home is in the same language as your XP Pro (It won't offer an upgrade if you upgrade from a Chinese XP Home to an English XP Pro, at least it didn't in my case).
     
    Budding, Mar 10, 2006
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  3. Amber

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    I think that once you accept the license agreement, it will detect your previous version and ask you to either repair, upgrade, or reformat. If it doesn't ask you to upgrade, you can always cancel the XP installation.
     
    Amber, Mar 10, 2006
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