Migrating from XP Professional to Home Edition

A

abnewallo

Is there another way to migrate from the professional edition to the home
edition besides formatting and re-installing the OS?
 
D

David B.

No, other than setting up a dual boot and having both. If you want only Home
you have to format and reinstall.
 
L

Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]

David said:
No, other than setting up a dual boot and having both. If you want
only Home you have to format and reinstall.

....& additionally, I can't see why anyone would want to do this. Home =
Professional, crippled.
 
K

Ken Blake, MVP

Is there another way to migrate from the professional edition to the home
edition besides formatting and re-installing the OS?



No. Downgrades aren't supported.

Why do you want to do this? Are you aware that the two editions are
identical except that Professional has some extra features not in
Home? There is *nothing* in Home that's not also in Professional, and
no advantage (except saving a tiny amount of disk space) to running
Home instead of Professional. Most people should stick with
Professional if that's what they have, and just never use those extra
features if they aren't desired.
 
J

Jim

abnewallo said:
Is there another way to migrate from the professional edition to the home
edition besides formatting and re-installing the OS?
No, because replacing profession with home is a downgrade.
Jim
 
B

Bruce Chambers

abnewallo said:
Is there another way to migrate from the professional edition to the home
edition besides formatting and re-installing the OS?


No.

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