can i use xp pro setup disc to upgrade home

[suicide007]

I am currently running windows xp home because i lost my pro setup disc and borrowed the home ed. from a friend. I just found the pro disc, and was wondering if there was a way to upgrade it without losing all of my data.

I heard that you could boot from the disc and choose repair or womething, but i dont know if that erases everything.

And, i already tried it in windows, but it says it does not support upgrading home edition.

 

[talldude123]

As long as they are both the same service pack, then Yes.

If you try to upgrade Home SP2 to Pro SP1, it will give a compatiblity error. As long as they're both the same service pack, everything will be OK

 

[suicide007]

thats a problem... I tried to download and install the service pack 2 update, and it wouldnt install. I forgot what exactly the error was. Anyways, i have sp1, and the disc is sp2. I think the error was something about failed to something system. Wow, that helps.

 

[Osiris]

it would be better if you backed up everything and reinstalled to pro just to save you the trouble

 

[FlashDude]

You can also just uninstall sp2 from add/remove programs then it will alow you to upgrade all though Warez Monster is right format and reinstall is "ALWAYS" the better way to go.

 

[Osiris]

what you can do is slipstream sp2 in your pro disk then upgrade it

http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sp2_slipstream.asp