upgrading tp xp pro sp1 from xp home sp2

[Guest]

Hello, Please, I need help with the following upgrade dilemma. I have an
Acer 3100 laptop with win xp home, sp2 installed. I want to upgrade to the
pro version, but my Win XP Pro cd is a SP1. This laptop also comes with an
ERecovery tool, that allows you to burn a System CD and Recovery CD in case
of a disaster. This tool forces me to accept a 60GB drive partitioned into 2
25GB partitions and some other smaller partition for this system to work ( I
believe this setup is also causing my 512MB of ram to show as 448 in my
properties, something I am not happy about nor understand)
But I mention these things to emphasize how bad I want this upgrade to be
possible for me. Thanks so much for the help!!

Sincerely,
Lexie

 

[Ron Martell]

Hello, Please, I need help with the following upgrade dilemma. I have an
Acer 3100 laptop with win xp home, sp2 installed. I want to upgrade to the
pro version, but my Win XP Pro cd is a SP1. This laptop also comes with an
ERecovery tool, that allows you to burn a System CD and Recovery CD in case
of a disaster. This tool forces me to accept a 60GB drive partitioned into 2
25GB partitions and some other smaller partition for this system to work ( I
believe this setup is also causing my 512MB of ram to show as 448 in my
properties, something I am not happy about nor understand)
But I mention these things to emphasize how bad I want this upgrade to be
possible for me. Thanks so much for the help!!

In order to upgrade you will have to create a new XP Pro installation
CD with SP2 slipstreamed into it. See the following web sites:
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sp2_slipstream.asp
http://www.helpwithwindows.com/WindowsXP/winxp-sp2-bootcd.html
http://www.msfn.org/articles.php?action=show&showarticle=49

Once that is done, and provided that your XP Pro is a version that
will install as an upgrade (e.g. not an OEM version) then you should
be in business.

Your RAM issue is a common situation with many computers these days.
Computer manufacturers can save money on the cost of manufacturing the
computer by having the video integrated into the motherboard and by
using a portion of the computer RAM for video. The portion that is
allocated to video is not available to Windows. In your case it
appears that your computer manufacturer has allocated 64 mb of the
system RAM to video.

Hope this explains the situation.

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca
Syberfix Remote Computer Repair

"Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference
has never been in bed with a mosquito."

 

[Guest]

Hey Ron,

Thanks very much for the memory info. You are right, the videp ram is 64
(ATI 1100). If anyone else has this issue, I have confirmed the info is
correct, thanks again.