Hi
If you have a full retail version disk it should give you the option of either an upgrade install or a new install. The upgrade option should preserve all your data files, but it may be advisable to backup those first. If the setup program isn't giving you those options I can only suggest that you take the disk back to where you bought it from and ask them to have a look at it.
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Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
| It is not a OEM disk, but it is a full version disk, not
| an upgrade disk.
| >-----Original Message-----
| >Hi
| >
| >What kind of upgrade disk did you purchase? It sounds
| as though you may have an OEM version. If so, it will
| only perform a 'clean' install of XP, which means
| everything on your hard disk/partition will erased.
| >
| >--
| >
| >Will Denny
| >MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
| >
| >
| message | >| I want to upgrade XP home on my laptop to XP Pro. When
| I
| >| run the setup program, it does not offer me an upgrade
| >| path. It only indicates that another OS is on the
| machine
| >| and that if I continue, all user accounts, desktop
| >| settings, and My Document folders will be deleted.
| Isn't
| >| there a way to upgrade and preserve al lthe data on
| the
| >| system?
| >
| >
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