Dual boot WinXP Home & WinXP Pro

[Guest]

I have XP Home installed on my C: drive. I added a partition D:for XP Pro.
But when I try to boot from the XP Pro installation disk, I get a message
that it cannot be loaded because I already have a later version of the
program installed. My laptop has no floppy drive, so how do I get the system
booted up to install to the new partition? Thanks
Duke

 

[Guest]

Do not attempt to install from within Xp Home.

You should set your PC BIOS to boot off the CD / DVD and insert the
Installation CD.

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

Boot into WinXP Home, insert the Pro disk. Choose "new installation" from
the setup prompt, direct it to the new partition.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Guest]

Tried this, but installation CD still refuses to load because it finds the
previously installed version of XP.

 

[Guest]

When I insert the Pro disk, there is no "new installation " offered. I can
choose "install WinXP", but this is when I get the error message about the
newer installation already on the computer.