Re: Is it possible to install a newer version of XP?
- From: "Ron Sommer" <rsommer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 04:13:41 -0600
"Vanguard" <vanguard.code@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Calkinsj88" <Calkinsj88@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> My laptop, just got a couple of days ago is a dell, It has windows XP
>> Home
>> and no service packs. It is currently having problems with the windows
>> and
>> needs to be reinstalled, The person who initially had the laptop lost the
>> operating CD. I currenltly purchased the windows Home service pack 2, and
>> I
>> am wondering if I can use that to reinstall windows and still use the
>> same
>> licenses? A dell tech. told me it was absolutely correct to do so, but I
>> wanted to get a microsoft tech to give me the ok that it will work. The
>> service pack two cd I have came from Dell. Laptop is Insperion 2600,
>> trying
>> to get it fucntional soon.
>
>
> You won't get a Microsoft tech telling what is what. This is a community
> of your computer peers volunteering their time to answer questions or
> participate in discussions. Microsoft doesn't work here (well, some
> Microsoftees might visit but that is their personal choice).
>
> Yes, you can upgrade from Home to Pro. However, if you ever need to
> reinstall, you won't have the Home version anymore from which to upgrade.
> You can do an in-place upgrade (Repair) of the same Pro version atop of
> itself but eventually you'll be screwed when having to do a reinstall and
> not having against which the upgrade will apply because there is no prior
> version to upgrade.
>
> Did you ever check if there is a hidden partition containing the restore
> or recovery program or files to reinstall the operating system?
>
> If the original owner of the laptop never provided you with the media to
> install, recover, or restore the OS, and if it isn't in a hidden
> partition, then you never got a legal copy. What you got was a polluted
> hard drive. Did the laptop include the product key sticker? If so, you
> had better save a drive/partition image of the currently installed Home
> version so you have something to restore if you later have to, for
> example, have to replace the hard drive and then have nothing to apply the
> Pro upgrade version against (so you will have to restore the Home image
> and then upgrade). Of course, after installing the Pro upgrade, you could
> also save a disk/partition image after the upgrade and restore that
> instead (unless you want to start with a *clean* or fresh install).
>
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The OP never said that they were upgrading from Home to Pro.
They also never said that they bought an upgrade CD.
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Ron Sommer
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