upgrade XP Home SP2 to Pro with Pro CD without SP

[Guest]

Hi there,

My old PC was dead. I bought a new Dell PC with OEM XP Home SP2 installed. I
have old retail version XP Pro Upgrade, which does not have SP1 or SP2. Does
anyone know how to upgrade the OME XP Home SP2 machine to XP Pro by using the
old CD?


Thanks

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

It appears your version of Windows XP Pro
does not include SP2. To resolve this issue,
you can easily make a new Windows XP Pro
CD with SP2 slipstreamed in, then upgrade.

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.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=223562

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

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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| Hi there,
|
| My old PC was dead. I bought a new Dell PC with OEM XP Home SP2 installed. I
| have old retail version XP Pro Upgrade, which does not have SP1 or SP2. Does
| anyone know how to upgrade the OME XP Home SP2 machine to XP Pro by using the
| old CD?
|
|
| Thanks

 

[GreenieLeBrun]

Hi there,

My old PC was dead. I bought a new Dell PC with OEM XP Home SP2 installed. I
have old retail version XP Pro Upgrade, which does not have SP1 or SP2. Does
anyone know how to upgrade the OME XP Home SP2 machine to XP Pro by using the
old CD?


Thanks

You could slipstream SP2 to your XP Pro.

Slipstreamed Windows XP CD Using SP2
http://www.theeldergeek.com/slipstreamed_xpsp2_cd.htm

How to use AutoStreamer to Slipstream Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://www.simplyguides.net/guides/using_autostreamer/using_autostreamer.html

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

 

[Rock]

Hi there,

My old PC was dead. I bought a new Dell PC with OEM XP Home SP2 installed. I
have old retail version XP Pro Upgrade, which does not have SP1 or SP2. Does
anyone know how to upgrade the OME XP Home SP2 machine to XP Pro by using the
old CD?


Thanks

Create an XP Pro installation CD slipstreamed with SP2.

http://www.theeldergeek.com/slipstreamed_xpsp2_cd.htm
http://unattended.msfn.org/beginner/slipstream.htm

Autostreamer
http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/1092632287/1
http://www.simplyguides.net/guides/using_autostreamer/using_autostreamer.html
http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=223562

 

[Guest]

Good Day Carey, GreenieLeBrun, and Rock,

Thank you all for the help. I have successfully upgraded my new Dell XP Home
SP2 OEM machine to Pro SP2 by following the instructions you gave me.

Instead of creating new CD, I simply copied all the files on my Gold XP Pro
upgrade CD to C drive, downloaded and extracted SP2, used the command of
'C:\XP-SP2\i386\Update\Update.exe -S:C:\XP" to update the Windows
Installation files, and then double-clicked the setup.exe file to begin the
upgrade task.

You guys are great. Again, thank you very much and have a great day.


Leo

 

[Rock]

Good Day Carey, GreenieLeBrun, and Rock,

Thank you all for the help. I have successfully upgraded my new Dell XP Home
SP2 OEM machine to Pro SP2 by following the instructions you gave me.

Instead of creating new CD, I simply copied all the files on my Gold XP Pro
upgrade CD to C drive, downloaded and extracted SP2, used the command of
'C:\XP-SP2\i386\Update\Update.exe -S:C:\XP" to update the Windows
Installation files, and then double-clicked the setup.exe file to begin the
upgrade task.

You guys are great. Again, thank you very much and have a great day.

Leo

You're welcome Leo.