Re: Upgrade Home to Pro
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Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2004 22:59:23 -0400
By the way, make sure to backup everything before you upgrade. Things can
go wrong with any program installation and this is a major installation.
"Terry" <terry5000@ihatespam,verizon.net> wrote in message
news:sbQZc.4121$Ep4.3374@trnddc01...
> I'm going to upgrade XP Home to XP Pro. Can I just run it as an upgrade
or
> do I need to format the drive and do a clean install? Will everything
work
> the same as before? Is Pro just an XP with a few more features in it? If
> I boot to the Pro install disk, will it see the Home version as an older
> version and automatically try to upgrade?
> Thanks.
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