Re-install of wondows xp

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Can I install Windows XP pro Sp2 over the top of windows XP Home SP2 or does
it have to be a clean install.
I changed my motherboard and processor but only have a reload disk for XP
home which now doesn't work.

Thanks
Mike
 
If your computer cannot boot, then you'll have to
purchase a "Full Version" of Windows XP Home
Edition and perform a "Repair Install". If you
wish to install Windows XP Professional, you'll
need to purchase a "Full Version" and perform a
"Clean Install".

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.­com/XPrepairinstall.htm

Clean Install Windows XP
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

Changing a Motherboard or Moving a Hard Drive with XP Installed
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
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Get Windows XP Service Pack 2 with Advanced Security Technologies:
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| Can I install Windows XP pro Sp2 over the top of windows XP Home SP2 or does
| it have to be a clean install.
| I changed my motherboard and processor but only have a reload disk for XP
| home which now doesn't work.
|
| Thanks
| Mike
 
If you are trying to upgrade from Home OEM to Pro Oem, you can "upgrade"
from Home. Put the Pro disc in your CD and select "upgrade."
 
One cannot use an OEM version of Windows XP Pro
to upgrade over Windows XP Home. You would need
a "Retail Upgrade Version" in order to do so.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

Get Windows XP Service Pack 2 with Advanced Security Technologies:
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/windowsxp/choose.mspx

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| If you are trying to upgrade from Home OEM to Pro Oem, you can "upgrade"
| from Home. Put the Pro disc in your CD and select "upgrade."
 
What seems to have been glossed over is the statement that after changing
the motherboard and processor...assuming you are using the original HD with
XP installed - the computer should have booted with XP Home and a warning
given that the "innards" have changed significantly thereby requiring
reactivation (with three days). You referred to a "reload disk for XP"- is
this the original XP CD and explain "doesn't work"
 
I have the original HD with windows XP home (and all my other files) as well
as an additional HD still installed.

On booting from the MB & processor upgrade (this was changed from AMD to
Pentium) it runs through the bios but windows will not start, I get a screen
stating that windows didn't start properly and due to a possible hardware
upgrade (other reasons are listed) and to choose from the list below - this
include start windows normally, start in safe mode etc.
Whichever option I choose the PC just restarts and goes through the bios
checks again.

Guidance from a previous posting stated that due to the amount of change I
have made I would have to do a repair or a reinstall.
This wasn't a problem until I found my original XP disk and found it was
only a reload disk
Placing it in the drive hoping something would happen as I believe the
original XP files are on my C drive but I got a message saying the drive
could not be read and I got the DOS screen.
From here I could check and see all my files on the C: & D: drives.
It appears the reload CD is no longer working perhaps this is because of the
bios change, I'm not too sure.

Another thought, if I an get into DOS mode, can I do a repair from the
C:\windows directory?

Thanks
Mike
 
Unfortunately some of the advice you received were kinda "half truths". As
I stated in my previous post - a significant change (XP considers
approximately ten items - singular or plural) requires reactivation within
three days (not repair or reinstall)- the key here is "three days" - meaning
that whether you use the computer or not internal clock tracks three days
and XP will not boot afterwards.

If it is a problem of reactivation I am not sure if an activation key can be
implemented through DOS since you would need the key string generated by xp
to submit.

Will do more "research" pending solution -
 
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