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re: installing win xp home over xp pro
Wednesday, February 25, 2004 at 11:45 am
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Posted by harry (31 messages posted)

I'm afraid, you can't install XP home over XP Pro; it could only be done the other way round. Should you insist in installing XP home, you'll have to format your drive and restart from scratch.

On Wednesday, February 25, 2004 at 11:24 am, bernard hedgepeth wrote:
>I have a question about What's
>the difference between Windows XP Home and Professional editions?:

>I recently purchased a used computer with a bootleg copy of win xp pro at a yard
>sale.Is it possible to install a legal copy of win xp home over it.Also how would
>I do this? I am a novice user.
>

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installing win xp home over xp pro (neece: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 at 11:24 am)

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re: installing win xp home over xp pro (neece: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 at 11:49 am)

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installing win xp home over xp pro (neece: Wed, Feb 25, 2004, 11:24 am)

re: installing win xp home over xp pro (harry: Wed, Feb 25, 2004, 11:45 am)

re: installing win xp home over xp pro (neece: Wed, Feb 25, 2004, 11:49 am)

re: installing win xp home over xp pro (harry: Wed, Feb 25, 2004, 12:07 pm)

re: installing win xp home over xp pro (neece: Wed, Feb 25, 2004, 12:10 pm)

re: installing win xp home over xp pro (harry: Wed, Feb 25, 2004, 12:25 pm)

Sorry, Harry (Duncan D. Robertson: Wed, Feb 25, 2004, 12:41 pm)

re: installing win xp home over xp pro (Duncan D. Robertson: Wed, Feb 25, 2004, 12:16 pm)

re: installing win xp home over xp pro (neece: Wed, Feb 25, 2004, 12:42 pm)

re: installing win xp home over xp pro (Duncan D. Robertson: Wed, Feb 25, 2004, 1:00 pm)

re: installing win xp home over xp pro (neece: Wed, Feb 25, 2004, 1:14 pm)

You're Welcome (Duncan D. Robertson: Wed, Feb 25, 2004, 1:17 pm)

re: installing win xp home over xp pro (Crash Override: Wed, Feb 25, 2004, 1:03 pm)

re: installing win xp home over xp pro (Ross: Fri, Jan 27, 2006, 3:24 pm)

re: installing win xp home over xp pro (Kivi Shapiro: Sun, Mar 26, 2006, 7:56 am)

re: installing win xp home over xp pro (joe b: Tue, Apr 3, 2007, 6:47 pm)

re: installing win xp home over xp pro (mojo7819: Wed, Feb 25, 2004, 1:04 pm)

How would you do it the other way around? (Elena: Wed, Feb 16, 2005, 10:03 am)

re: How would you do it the other way around? (TheWizardOfahhs: Sat, Aug 4, 2007, 2:25 pm)

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