upgrade from Korean Home to English XP version

[Guest]

I just bought a laptop in Korea and it has the Korean version of home on it.
I was able to find a version of English XP pro. In order to put it on the
laptop, can i upgrade from Korean home to English XP, or do i have to
reinstall from scratch? If i have to reinstall, will i lose all programs
installed on teh comp by the seller? The computer came with a recovery disk
with all drivers etc on it...will there be anything else i need to do this?

Thanks.

 

[Mike Williams]

I just bought a laptop in Korea and it has the Korean version of home on it.
I was able to find a version of English XP pro. In order to put it on the
laptop, can i upgrade from Korean home to English XP, or do i have to
reinstall from scratch? If i have to reinstall, will i lose all programs
installed on teh comp by the seller? The computer came with a recovery disk
with all drivers etc on it...will there be anything else i need to do this?

You will have to reinstall from scratch. There is no cross-language
upgrade path.

The drivers will still be useful/necessary, although there's always a
chance they may miss English UI for the installation.

You will effectively lose the programs already installed.

 

[Detlev Dreyer]

I just bought a laptop in Korea and it has the Korean version of home
on it. I was able to find a version of English XP pro. In order to put
it on the laptop, can i upgrade from Korean home to English XP,
No.

or do i have to reinstall from scratch?
Yes.

If i have to reinstall, will i lose all programs installed on teh comp
by the seller?
Yes.

The computer came with a recovery disk with all drivers etc on it...

Once the English XP version has been installed, the Korean Recovery CD
is of little use.

 

[Guest]

Hi Guys

I have the same question, I need to upgrade from Windows 2000 Professional
German to XP english, what version should I buy, and what files or drivers do
I need to keep on my PC?

Please help soon, I am flying back to Germany on Thursday, and need to
purchase this tommorrow.

Thanks

 

[Mike Williams]

Hi Guys

I have the same question, I need to upgrade from Windows 2000 Professional
German to XP english, what version should I buy, and what files or drivers do
I need to keep on my PC?

As our answers indicate, what you have before will make no difference as
you are going to wipe out everything you had before, so you make your
purchase based on what you want now. You will have to buy a full retail
version as no upgrade option is available.

Please help soon, I am flying back to Germany on Thursday, and need to
purchase this tommorrow.

You should backup all your data, and make sure you have copies of
driver disks available. You may be able to d/load these subsequently,
but we have no idea of your computer configuration so can't say rpecisely.

 

[Detlev Dreyer]

I have the same question, I need to upgrade from Windows 2000
Professional German to XP english, what version should I buy, and what
files or drivers do I need to keep on my PC?

No way - there is no upgrade possible when mixing different languages.