Upgrade from XP Home SP2 to XP Pro w/o SPs

[Bill]

I want to upgrade from XP Home w/SP2 to XP Professional.
The copy of the XP Professional upgrade I have does NOT
have SP2 and probably doesn't have SP1. My intent is to
reinstall the SPs after upgrading to XP Professional.
Will this likely cause problems, i.e., do I need to
uninstall the SPs before upgrading? Tx! - Bill

 

[Mike Hall]

Uninstall SP2 (ADD/REMOVE PROGRAMS - check the 'show updates' box) or make a
slipstreamed XP Pro/SP2 cd..
http://www.windows-help.net/WindowsXP/winxp-sp2-bootcd.html

 

[Guest]

Thier really is no "upgrade to Pro from Home",reason being microsoft
specifies that to do this one "should",boot to xp pro cd,recovery,press enter
for password,then typeiskPart In DiskPart,delete the partition(C: with xp
home),create one,then press Esc key,back in cmd type:FORMAT C: /FS:ntfs
When its thru type:EXIT XP will install auto.Youre really installing a clean
install of Pro.As far as the SP2 goes,download fresh installations,home and
pro will/would be diffrent in many areas.