upgrade from xp home to xp pro

[philli]

i have a new toshiba lap top with xp home sp1
i am trying to install xp pro
but no luck i am suck in a restart loop
i lloked at some articles at toshiba site that point
microsoft site they talk about 2 things

1. remove symantec anti virus fire wall etc (tried that)
2. unable to upgrade from xp home sp1 to xp pro without sp1

any help on how to upgrad will be great thanks

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

If this was an OEM installation of XP Home, I don't know that you'll be able
to run the upgrade - as far as I know, you can upgrade only from a retail
version of Windows XP. Where does it fail? Did you check with Toshiba
support on this?

Always uinstall antivirus software before doing any ugrade - and back up all
your data....

 

[Guest]

when i run upgrade it goes in to a reboot loop
does some install reeboots does install reboots
yes it ia an oem install

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Did you call Toshiba support? Like I said, I don't think you can upgrade an
OEM copy of WinXP, but I may be wrong.

 

[Botch]

Is it possible that the system continues to reboot from the CD after
restarting?
Maybe try changing the 1st boot drive in the BIOS to C when the computer
restarts, so instead of starting the upgrade again, it boots from your newly
upgraded C drive instead
John Buchanan
"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"

 

[Gary Tait]

i have a new toshiba lap top with xp home sp1
i am trying to install xp pro
but no luck i am suck in a restart loop
i lloked at some articles at toshiba site that point
microsoft site they talk about 2 things

1. remove symantec anti virus fire wall etc (tried that)
2. unable to upgrade from xp home sp1 to xp pro without sp1

any help on how to upgrad will be great thanks

Fiorst I'd make sure you have an installation CD for your system (not
restore), then do a cleans install of the new OS, inserting the
install media of the original OS as requested.