"upgrade" XP to XP Home

External Since: Apr 27, 2006 Posts: 3

Slight problem. We had a PC running Win 98 SE that was experienceing al
kinds of glitches. I thought if I upgraded to XP that the problem might be
solved. Before going out and buying a copy I thought I would load a copy of
XP that I already had, being used on another PC, just to see if it solved the
problems. It did, but now I've purchased an upgrade copy of XP Home to
install, but a message comes up saying that this installation in not
upgradable in this manner (or words to that effect). The copy of XP that I
had trial loaded was XP Pro. What can I do now? Thanks in advance for any
help.
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Gary in Michigan, USA

External Since: Jan 02, 2006 Posts: 36

You cannot downgrade Pro to Home, you need to clean install.
You will lose all data on the C / boot drive
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

"GaryS" <GaryS.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Slight problem. We had a PC running Win 98 SE that was experienceing al
> kinds of glitches. I thought if I upgraded to XP that the problem might
be
> solved. Before going out and buying a copy I thought I would load a copy
of
> XP that I already had, being used on another PC, just to see if it solved
the
> problems. It did, but now I've purchased an upgrade copy of XP Home to
> install, but a message comes up saying that this installation in not
> upgradable in this manner (or words to that effect). The copy of XP that
I
> had trial loaded was XP Pro. What can I do now? Thanks in advance for
any
> help.
> --
> Gary in Michigan, USA