Re: XP Pro Upgrade
- From: Bruce Chambers <bchambers@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 21:03:49 -0700
chequer wrote:
When I decided to upgrade from WindowsXP Home Edition SP2 to WindowsXP Pro SP2 I bought the Upgrade version of XP Pro and as I know nothing re installing and reformatting, I got someone to do it for me.
After this person finished the reformat he went ahead and, using only the WindowsXP Pro Upgrade, he installed it on my computer.
I mentioned that I thought that I he would have had to install the WindowsXP Home Edition SP2 first and then linstall the WindowsXP Pro He assured me that this was not the case.
Ever since he completed the job I have had nothing but trouble.
The person that did the job now tells me that the problems I am having are caused by McAfee AV ver 11.0 and not the way he did the Upgrade.
He may be correct; McAfee has a pretty bad reputation. However, it's impossible to say, as you've neglected to provide any sort of information about the sort of problem(s) you're having.
Did he do the right thing by just installing the upgrade?
Certainly. It's quite possible to perform a clean installation using the WinXP Upgrade CD, provided one has the true installation CD for the earlier OS.
One need simply boot from the WinXP Upgrade CD. The Upgrade CD checks to see if a qualifying OS is installed, and, if it finds none, it asks the user to insert the installation media (CD) of that OS.
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