Replacing os

[Guest]

Have a partitioned hard drive, c, d, and e. On c is windows xp pro which was
installed when i purchased the machine, it is not genuine. On the e drive is
xp home which is genuine. Vista upgrade advisor has checked both and both can
be upgraded, however, i want to replace the non genuine on c with the genuine
on e before i buy upgrade pack.(Ultimate) so question is, how do i do this,
have tried ghost to no avail, or will the upgrade legalise the xp pro?

I forsee a disaster as the boot.ini sits on the current c drive.

Thank you for your time.

 

[peter]

The only way to go from XP Pro to XP Home is to format Pro out of exsistance
and then install Home.

peter

 

[Ron Martell]

Have a partitioned hard drive, c, d, and e. On c is windows xp pro which was
installed when i purchased the machine, it is not genuine. On the e drive is
xp home which is genuine. Vista upgrade advisor has checked both and both can
be upgraded, however, i want to replace the non genuine on c with the genuine
on e before i buy upgrade pack.(Ultimate) so question is, how do i do this,
have tried ghost to no avail, or will the upgrade legalise the xp pro?

I forsee a disaster as the boot.ini sits on the current c drive.

Thank you for your time.

Your only solution is to reformat the C: drive and then install a
fresh copy of XP Home onto it.

Vista Upgrade will not install if the Windows XP being upgraded has
not been validated.

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca
Syberfix Remote Computer Repair

"Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference
has never been in bed with a mosquito."

 

[Guest]

Your only solution is to reformat the C: drive and then install a
fresh copy of XP Home onto it.

Vista Upgrade will not install if the Windows XP being upgraded has
not been validated.

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca
Syberfix Remote Computer Repair

"Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference
has never been in bed with a mosquito."
thank you will give it a go