Upgrading XP home to XP professional

[Guest]

I brought my HP pavilion to the office, XP home pre-installed. To work
properly with the exchange server, the administrator told me to update to XP
professional. I have a CD and proper code (the software was a gift two years
ago, never installed).
Now when I want to upgrade, a message says, the version 2002 i try to
install is older than the one on my computer - my own files would be lost.
Do I have to buy a new version or what can I do? Would I get a free CD
exchange at microsoft?

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

It appears SP2 is currently installed in the XP Home version.

Unless SP2 is integrated into XP Pro, then one cannot
upgrade an existing XP Home w/SP2 installation using
a non-SP2 version of XP Pro. What you need to do is
create a SP2 "slipstreamed" version of XP Pro, then use
the new CD to upgrade over XP Home w/SP2.

You have two options:

1. Uninstall SP2 from XP Home, then upgrade to XP Pro.

or

2. Create a SP2 slipstreamed version of XP Pro (preferred)
and use the new XP Pro w/SP2 to 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

Information on AutoStreamer 1.0
http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=188337&st=0&#entry245

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

How to remove Windows XP Service Pack 2 from your computer
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;875350&Product=windowsxpsp2

Note: If you have a preinstalled version of Windows XP Home with SP2,
then you cannot uninstall SP2. You'll have to make a XP Pro CD with SP2
slipstreamed in order to upgrade over your existing XP Home installation.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx

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| I brought my HP pavilion to the office, XP home pre-installed. To work
| properly with the exchange server, the administrator told me to update to XP
| professional. I have a CD and proper code (the software was a gift two years
| ago, never installed).
| Now when I want to upgrade, a message says, the version 2002 i try to
| install is older than the one on my computer - my own files would be lost.
| Do I have to buy a new version or what can I do? Would I get a free CD
| exchange at microsoft?

 

[Guest]

Carey,
I am in the same boat, but farther downstream. So, I got my slipstreamed Sp2
Pro disk - (from MSDN BTW), it gets most of the way then says:

"Cannot copy file whatever.dll" (I tried skipping lots of files...)

The file is there on the CD!! It just won't copy it! I tried various things,
and it won't work. Any work around? Sounds like a problem with SP2...

Roger

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Examine your CD and make sure there are no scratches or fingerprints
on it. In most cases, an inability to copy files from a CD is due to a
bad CD or bad CD burn. Try burning your CD at a lower write speed.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx

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:

| Carey,
| I am in the same boat, but farther downstream. So, I got my slipstreamed Sp2
| Pro disk - (from MSDN BTW), it gets most of the way then says:
|
| "Cannot copy file whatever.dll" (I tried skipping lots of files...)
|
| The file is there on the CD!! It just won't copy it! I tried various things,
| and it won't work. Any work around? Sounds like a problem with SP2...
|
| Roger

 

[Guest]

Carey,
Not the problem - it was a download from MSDN Universal, freshly burned onto
a CD from the ISO image. I even tried it again with another fresh CD. To me
it looks like something (security perhaps?) is preventing the copy. I wonder
if anyone at MS has even tried to upgrade XP Home SP2 to XP Pro SP2. This is
a brand new machine which came pre-installed with Home SP2, so I can't remove
it even. I'd rather not wipe the hard drive, but maybe I will.

Roger

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Carey,
I am in the same boat, but farther downstream. So, I got my slipstreamed Sp2
Pro disk - (from MSDN BTW), it gets most of the way then says:

"Cannot copy file whatever.dll" (I tried skipping lots of files...)

The file is there on the CD!! It just won't copy it! I tried various things,
and it won't work. Any work around? Sounds like a problem with SP2...

Roger

Problems copying files or corrupted files during installation are
most often caused by defective or sub-standard hardware; in order of
likelihood, either RAM, the hard drive, or the motherboard. On very
rare occasions the installation CD is the problem.



--

Bruce Chambers

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both at once. - RAH

 

[Guest]

Guess again Bruce,
I copied I386 to the hard drive, still the same problem (the copy went very
smoothly). Also, a very nice machine BTW, Toshiba Laptop, the only laptops
that ever work properly IMHO. I've owned just about every Windows/Laptop
combination, done this upgrade on previous SPs, and never run into this. Oh
well, I guess I'll just do a clean install instead.

If you think I'm ignorant, see my web sites:

www.pocketterra.com
www.sylvanascent.com
www.topodepot.com
www.skytopo.com.

All my websites, all my software. I've been a member of MSDN for over a
decade, since the first MSDN cd shipped.

Linux works very well however. Has anyone actually succedded with installing
Pro SP2 over Home SP2 on a new machine?

Roger

 

[WM]

You need to
1: copy the contents of the XP Pro CD to your local hard drive
2: Download XP SP2 standalone
(http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...BE-3B8E-4F30-8245-9E368D3CDB5A&displaylang=en
is the English download site)
3: Run that download with the switch /integrateath where path is the
directory where you copied the CD
4: Run winnt32 /unattend from there (you will need to provide your Pro
product key) and at the end of it you should be running Windows XP
Professional Service Pack 2.

HTH.

 

[Guest]

Ok, if anyone cares...

I reformatted the drive with the Toshiba restore disk. Tried to install XP
Pro SP2 over XP Home, didn't work. Reformatted again, and installed just XP
Pro SP2. Worked fine. I'm calling Toshiba tomorrow. Either a bug in Toshiba's
distribution, or a bug in XP.

Roger