Trying to upgrade XP Home to XP Pro on Satellite M55-s325

[mmurdock]

I am trying to upgrade my S325 from XP home to XP Pro. I am trying to
do a clean install. Everytime I try to install from the CD I get to
the "Set up is starting Windows" and the computer just stops
responding. I have tried the info contained in the following KB
article
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;321645&Product=winxp
but I am still have the same problem. The version of XP is not SP 1 or
2 but as stated above, I am trying to do a clean install. Any help
would be great

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

All you need to do is make a SP2 slipstreamed version of your
current Windows XP Pro and then Clean Install using the new CD.

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

Either one of the following utilities makes slipstreaming
(integrating) SP2 into Windows XP a breeze:

Windows Slipstreaming and Bootable CD Guide
http://www.msfn.org/articles.php?action=show&showarticle=49

or

AutoStreamer 1.0.33 (preferred)
http://www.wbeta.com/comments.php?shownews=1063&catid=2

Windows XP Service Pack 2 - Direct Download
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...BE-3B8E-4F30-8245-9E368D3CDB5A&displaylang=en

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

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| I am trying to upgrade my S325 from XP home to XP Pro. I am trying to
| do a clean install. Everytime I try to install from the CD I get to
| the "Set up is starting Windows" and the computer just stops
| responding. I have tried the info contained in the following KB
| article
| http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;321645&Product=winxp
| but I am still have the same problem. The version of XP is not SP 1 or
| 2 but as stated above, I am trying to do a clean install. Any help
| would be great

 

[Guest]

Have you set the BIOS for booting to xp cd (1st boot device) or similiar..
Slipstreaming SP2 into a cd isnt going to help...

 

[mmurdock]

Carey--
Thanks, that worked great.