Re: installing XP Home after XP Pro
From: Ron Martell (ron.martell_at_gmail.com)
Date: 09/05/04
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Date: Sun, 05 Sep 2004 04:05:27 GMT
"shane" <smgagner@shaw.ca> wrote:
>I am currently runnig XP Pro (SP1) and want to revert
>back to XP Home. I have both cds. I have tried to follow
>the directions in Microsoft Knowledge Base Article
>283236, where by I perform a NEW INSTALLATION on a
>separate partition, but when trying to install from the
>cd it doesn't even offer me the option of "new
>installation." Rather, it just defaults to trying to
>update XP Pro to XP Home, which it can't do.
>
>Help!
>
>shane
Do you have an existing unused partition on your hard drive where XP
Home can be installed? If so then when you boot with the XP Home CD
it should give you a choice as to which partition it is to be
installed into.
Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
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