How to uninstall windows xp professional and install windows xp home edition

[A. LEVINE]

Dear Reader,

I would appreciate if some one could advise me how to uninstall windows xp
professional and install windows xp home edition.
If I boot up with the home edition disc, it does not give me the option to
reformat. It wants to install in addition to windows xp professional. Any
help would be appreciated.

 

[SingaporeWebDesign]

Hello,

Note that the below will DELETE all data from your computer (All e-mails,
documents, programs, drivers)

1) Boot from the CD - hit any key when the message 'press any key to boot
from cd..' appears
2) Wait for Setup to finish loading
3) Hit Enter
4) Hit F8
5) Hit Esc to continue installing a fresh copy
6) Delete the XP partition in the list
7) Create a new partition in place of the previous XP partition
8) Select that partition and hit Enter to install XP there. Format it as
NTFS (Quick)

Again, note that the above steps will completely erase your previous
operating system.

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http://www.bootstrike.com/WinXP/faq.html
Windows XP FAQ

 

[Harry Ohrn]

You can use the XP Home Edition to access the Recovery Console. From there
Delete the current partition. Exit the Recovery Console and let the XP Home
CD restart. It will ask you to create a partition, format and begin
installing. See the instructions here for How To Partition
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/repair_xp.htm

 

[Guest]

If you want to install XP Home in addition to XP Professional, you will need
to partition your hard drive first. You should use software that will not
erase any data first.

Then you can install Windows XP Home from the bootable CD as normal.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I would appreciate if some one could advise me how to uninstall
windows xp professional and install windows xp home edition.
If I boot up with the home edition disc, it does not give me the
option to reformat. It wants to install in addition to windows xp
professional. Any help would be appreciated.

Just boot from the Windows XP CD (change the BIOS boot order if necessary to
accomplish this) and follow the prompts for a clean installation (delete the
existing partition by pressing "D" when prompted, then create a new one).

You can find detailed instructions here:
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

or here http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org/how_do_i_install_windows_xp.htm

or here http://windowsxp.mvps.org/XPClean.htm

or here http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm

However why do you want to do this? Are you aware that XP Professional is a
superset of Home? Professional has features not in Home, but there's nothing
in Home that's not also in Professional, and therefore no possible advantage
to doing this.

 

[Harry Ohrn]

Just boot from the Windows XP CD (change the BIOS boot order if necessary
to accomplish this) and follow the prompts for a clean installation
(delete the existing partition by pressing "D" when prompted, then create
a new one).

You can find detailed instructions here:
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

or here http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org/how_do_i_install_windows_xp.htm

or here http://windowsxp.mvps.org/XPClean.htm

or here http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm

However why do you want to do this? Are you aware that XP Professional is
a superset of Home? Professional has features not in Home, but there's
nothing in Home that's not also in Professional, and therefore no possible
advantage to doing this.

One reason I can think of for doing this would be if one determined they had
an illegal version of XP Pro on their computer and decided they wanted to
have a legal system but opted not to shell out the extra bucks for a retail
copy of XP Pro. Home versions are significantly less expensive.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

One reason I can think of for doing this would be if one determined
they had an illegal version of XP Pro on their computer and decided
they wanted to have a legal system but opted not to shell out the
extra bucks for a retail copy of XP Pro. Home versions are
significantly less expensive.

Yes, that's a good point, and could possibly be the reason.

However, in my experience, most people who want to replace Professional with
Home do so because they think that somehow Home is better or more suitable
for them. They simply don't realize what the differences are between them.

 

[Harry Ohrn]

Yes, that's a good point, and could possibly be the reason.

However, in my experience, most people who want to replace Professional
with Home do so because they think that somehow Home is better or more
suitable for them. They simply don't realize what the differences are
between them.

And I've found the opposite to be true. People with Home version have often
suggested to me that they should upgrade to Pro as it should be more stable.
Really they just needed to clean up their system and develop better
housekeeping habits.