Re: Downgrade Pro to XP Home

On Fri, 02 Jun 2006 14:39:16 GMT, artleknock <artleknock@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

I have XP Pro installed and have been informed by Microsoft that it
may be a pirate copy. When I try to purchase a Genuine windows licence
I am told that the ordering process is unavailable. Being on a
pension, to cut costs I have ordered online from Euroffice XP Home
OEM.
Is it possible to install this over XP Pro? or will a format and new
install be necessary?

Thank you all for your answers, not what I was wishing for though :-(

My C drive has 24Gig used and I have a lot of spare space on my D
drive, over a 100Gig. would it work if I copied the entire C drive
into a folder on the D drive, formated C and installed the new XP Home
and other programs that I use regularly. I would then have a copy of
the complete drive so that I could move data back to C as I needed it.
Isn't that one way of making sure that I don't miss anything when
backing up?
Do you see any problems with this?
.

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