Install Windows XP Home

[Mark]

Hey again!
When I try to reinstall or install a new copy of Windows
XP Pro a message comes up: Asms file is needed!
My computer is now 4 and a half years old! It has two
hard drives. one 40.gig and 80.gig and a PIII 400MHz.

Heres my question! Can I install Windows XP Home Edition
over the top of Windows Xp Pro??

Please send back answer!
Respect to all!
P.S-Thanks again!

Mark Pedro

 

[Patti MacLeod]

Hi Mark,

First, see if the information in this MSKB article is helpful in resolving
the "Asms file is needed" problem:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=311755

Secondly, you cannot install XP Home over the top of XP Pro, you would have
to do a clean install of the Home edition.


Regards,

 

[Ron Martell]

Hey again!
When I try to reinstall or install a new copy of Windows
XP Pro a message comes up: Asms file is needed!
My computer is now 4 and a half years old! It has two
hard drives. one 40.gig and 80.gig and a PIII 400MHz.

Heres my question! Can I install Windows XP Home Edition
over the top of Windows Xp Pro??

Please send back answer!
Respect to all!
P.S-Thanks again!

Mark Pedro

Windows XP Pro is a superset of Windows XP Home.

In other words, XP Pro contains everything that is in XP Home plus
some additional components that are unique to XP Pro.

So what you are doing is in effect a downgrade from a more capable
version to one with fewer capabilities, at least in certain specific
areas. These types of installs have never been supported in any
Windows versions.

If you really must move from XP Pro to XP Home on that machine your
only option is to wipe out the XP Pro install and install XP Home
clean. You can use the Files and Settings transfer wizard to save
the data files and configuration settings from XP Pro before you wipe
out the drive and then can use it again to import the saved file into
XP Home after it is installed. Just save the FASTW data to another
hard drive partition, a network drive, or a removable backup device
such as a CD Burner.

Good luck


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
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