replace windows me with xp pro

[Roger Kelm]

Wife installed a full version of Windows XP Pro on her
Sony, Pentium 3, notebook which was running Windows ME.
Now it is running both. She has to choose which one she
wants to use everytime it boots. She wants to run
everything under XP Pro. Can she remove Windows ME
without losing the programs and data that are running
under it?
If so - how?
If not, can she reinstall XP Pro in a way that will
preserve the ME data?
Thank you
Rog Kelm
An e-mail reply would be very much appreciated. I am new
to this posting system. I am not sure how I will know if I
get a response.
Thank you again.

 

[Gerry]

What she should have done, was to run the XP setup disc
under windows me and allow the operating system to
upgrade. Why not just copy all her necessary files over
to the xp side and just reinstall the programs under xp.
You could then delete the windows me operating system.

 

[gloria kelm]

Gerry,
Thank you for responding to our request for help.
We have not yet used xp pro because all our data is on ME.
We don't know how to copy the data from ME to XP.
Can we uninstall the xp pro and then re-install it the way
you suggested?
If so, how do we un-install it?
Thank you very much for your help.
Roger and Gloria