Safe to upgrade from XP Media Center to Pro?

[Steve Diamond]

I'm running XP Media Center edition with SP2 and all latest updates.
Other than the updates, will I lose anything if I upgrade to XP Pro?
Is there anything I should be sure to back up, like IE favorites? Any
other considerations?

Thanks much.

Steve Diamond

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

There is no upgrade path from Windows Media Center Edition
to Windows XP Professional. A "clean install" of Windows XP
Professional would be required. Perhaps you should consider
installing a second hard drive (slave), and install XP Pro on it,
thus creating and having a dual-boot system.

Clean Install Windows XP
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
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| I'm running XP Media Center edition with SP2 and all latest updates.
| Other than the updates, will I lose anything if I upgrade to XP Pro?
| Is there anything I should be sure to back up, like IE favorites? Any
| other considerations?
|
| Thanks much.
|
| Steve Diamond

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I'm running XP Media Center edition with SP2 and all latest updates.
Other than the updates, will I lose anything if I upgrade to XP Pro?
Is there anything I should be sure to back up, like IE favorites?
Any other considerations?

I do not believe what you are presenting is a valid upgrade path.
That would be more of a clean installation.

 

[RWS]

I'm running XP Media Center edition with SP2 and all latest updates.
Other than the updates, will I lose anything if I upgrade to XP Pro?
Is there anything I should be sure to back up, like IE favorites? Any
other considerations?

Thanks much.

Steve Diamond