Re: Update XP home to XP Pro+ NTFS

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From: Comcast (dshirsh_at_comcast.net)
Date: 11/04/04 

Date: Thu, 04 Nov 2004 03:51:02 GMT

I'm trying to upgrade from Home SP2 to Pro SP1. It's erroring out saying the
Home is newer than the Pro. Any way around this or do I need a Pro CD with
SP2 on it?
Thanks.

"Alex Nichol" <alexn.mvpdts@ntlworld.delete.com> wrote in message
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> Bk007 wrote:
>
>>I have now XP home and need to go over to to
>>XP Pro. Now I have my whole computer full and
>>I want to keep everything I have now and not to
>>back-up everything. Can I update Xp home to
>>Xp pro with keeping all programs and registry
>>items.
>
> Yes - You run the Pro Upgrade CD (which does not actually mention
> upgrading Home on the box), *from* the existing system. Take Install,
> continue with New Install. By now copies of XP with SP2 included are
> coming through, red flash on box 'New; Security. . . ' I would make
> sure to get one.
>
>>Also the same question with switching from
>>Fat32 to NTFS?
>
> Yes - see www.aumha.org/win5/a/ntfscvt.htm for advice though, or you may
> well land up with 512 byte clusters, which is not good.
>
> In both cases though make sure of backup of essential data, just in case
>
>
> --
> Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
> Bournemouth, U.K. Alexn@mvps.D8E8L.org (remove the D8 bit)

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