Re: XP Profesional to XP Home.
- From: "Patrick Keenan" <test@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 15:36:33 -0400
"Sandal" <Sandal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hello,
On my PC I run WIN XP home Upgrade from Win 98SE.
I am trying to help a friend who has a HP PC which came with WIN XP Home
already installed.
On the side of her computer is a sticker with the XP Home licence number.
Her PC was taken by her son and has just been returned to her.
Upon switching the PC on XP Home is no longer installed but Win
Profesional,
this she does not want, unfortunatly she has no recovery disk of any kind.
I recently read that you can use someone elses XP home disk to resolve
just
such a problem as this so long as you input the licence number on the side
of
her PC and not the licence number that comes with my XP home disk.
My questions are, would I have the same outcome if I used my XP home
upgrade
disk, would I need both by 98se and home upgrade disk or am I running foul
of
MS licencing laws?
It is not my intention to give, leave or borrow my upgrade disk or licence
number with this lady.
My intention is to get her PC up and running for now.
My next question is, if I can do the above, can I now make her a recovery
CD
so in the event of something going wrong in the future she won't need me
or
my disks to recover her PC.
Please remember I have only an XP home upgrade disk.
--
Sandal
This is still a problem, because the installer on your upgrade CD won't work
with the license key on the computer case. The install types are
different; you need an HP OEM version.
This leaves you with basically three options. All of them will result in
wiping the disk, so if there's any data of value, you need to get it off
before proceeding. Start with the first, then proceed to the other two.
The first option is to reinstall from either the system's recovery disk or
recover partition. Do a power-down restart and watch the screen carefully
as it restarts; there may be mention of launching a restore program.
There has to have originally been one or the other, but it's quite possible
that both are lost.
The second option is contacting HP for a replacement restore disk. It
doesn't matter who the seller was, HP may be able to supply replacement
media at nominal cost. It's certainly worth checking.
The last option is what you'll have to do if the previous two don't work,
and that is to buy a new XP Home license.
If you have a qualifying previous-release Windows CD, you may be able to use
an upgrade disk like the one you have; you do NOT have to install the
previous version first, but you WILL have to format the disk before starting
the install. The upgrade routine would detect the XP Pro version and
refuse to proceed, as it isn't a valid upgrade path. You can format the
disk by booting from the CD and entering the recovery console.
Alternately, get a new hard disk and install to that - this is of extra
value if you can't find a way to back up the data on the old hard drive
first. Put the new one in in place of the old, and do not re-attach the
old one till Setup is fully complete.
HTH
-pk
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