Re: Upgrading from XP Home to XP Pro
From: Alex Nichol (alexn.mvpdts_at_ntlworld.delete.com)
Date: 07/25/04
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Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 16:33:18 +0100
Jim Rodriguez Sr. wrote:
>I purchased an HP Provillion a430n, it comes with XP Home
>loaded as well with some nice programs that HP loads on,
>I need to know if I do and Upgrade to XP Pro will all
>that software given and loaded on to the C: drive be gone
>or will the XP pro just load and leave all other stuff as
>is.. can anyone help, also HP website says they recommend
>upgrade to XP Pro, but the HP Care Center says that if I
>upgrade the system a430n may have issues, has anyone
>experienced these issues....
An normal upgrade Pro CD run from the present system ought to upgrade it
without problems, retaining all installed software (but always back up
data before such actions, just in case of say a power failure at a
critical moment).
But HP Hardware is often proprietary, and you should try to get more out
of them as to just *what* they mean, specifically, by 'issues'. It may
be no more than a let out to avoid having to help if anything were to go
wrong subsequently.
-- Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies) Bournemouth, U.K. Alexn@mvps.D8E8L.org (remove the D8 bit)
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