Multibooting

[Guest]

I have Windows XP Home Edition and I want to instal Windows XP Profesional
Edition, but I don't want to erase XP Home Edition. So How can I instal XP
Profesional and still have Windows XP Home Edition

I did some research and it seens I have to create another partition, but I
don't know how to do it.

I have a HP computer with no diskete.

I have this drive letters, C and D plust the cd drives.

letter C is basic NTFS
letter D is basic FAT32

I used Computer Managnment and Disk Managment but can't find the option to
format or create another partition.

 

[Phil]

Yes, you'd need another partition big enough to hold xp. Most likely your
other partition is for using the recovery cd that came with your computer
and is useless for an os install. So you'd have to use something like
partition magic to create the necessary partition, then install pro on that
partition and let it setup the dual boot.
BUT........
This is not needed as xp pro has everything and does everything that xp home
does. If you need the extra features of xp pro, then just do an upgrade
install to convert your home to pro. You will not lose any personal info and
you will not lose any functions of xp home as pro does it all.

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

You would have to use third party software to divide the hard drive into two
partitions without losing your XP Home installation.

Of course, that is not necessary, since all you have to do is, while running
Windows, insert your XP Pro cd in the drive and wait for the XP Pro
splashscreen to appear. Select install Windows XP and allow it to upgrade
your Windows Home to Pro. All of your programs will work.

 

[Rock]

I have Windows XP Home Edition and I want to instal Windows XP Profesional
Edition, but I don't want to erase XP Home Edition. So How can I instal XP
Profesional and still have Windows XP Home Edition

I did some research and it seens I have to create another partition, but I
don't know how to do it.

I have a HP computer with no diskete.

I have this drive letters, C and D plust the cd drives.

letter C is basic NTFS
letter D is basic FAT32

I used Computer Managnment and Disk Managment but can't find the option to
format or create another partition.

Why do you want to multiboot both? XP Pro is a superset of XP Home,
i.e. it has everything home does and then some.