Upgrade from XP Home OEM -> XP Pro

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Bill Mathews

If I buy a computer where the manufacturer does not supply an XP OS CD, but
only a 'resource' disk (e.g. Dell), can I use a _retail_ XP Pro upgrade
version disk to upgrade to Pro? Or would I need the full XP Pro retail
version to switch? Also, if something happened and I needed to do a full
reinstall, would the upgrade version let me do that, since I wouldn't have
an XP Home CD? Or, again, would I need the full version?
Thanks in advance,
Bill
 
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Carey Frisch [MVP]

You may use the "upgrade version" of XP Pro to "upgrade" over
XP Home. However, "clean installs" will require the "full version"
of XP Pro if you do not a Microsoft Windows 98/ME/2000/XP Home
CD to insert in the CD drive when requested during setup.
OEM "restore CDs" do not qualify in this respect.
 

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