win xp pro and home edition

[michele aldridge]

i have win xp professional installed illegally on my
comp. i have a win xp home edition i just bought. how do
i get xp professional off and put home edition on. do i
have to format my HD to do this, thanks.

 

[Michael Stevens]

i have win xp professional installed illegally on my
comp. i have a win xp home edition i just bought. how do
i get xp professional off and put home edition on. do i
have to format my HD to do this, thanks.

Follow the step in the link below. You will have to clean install.
You boot from the CD and do a clean install.
Click on or copy and paste the link below into your web browser address bar.
How to clean install XP.
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
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[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

The only way to change from WinXP Pro to WinXP Home is to format
the drive and start over. There is no supported downgrade path or
technique.

Simply boot from the WinXP Home installation CD. You'll be
offered the opportunity to delete, create, and format partitions as
part of the installation process. (You may need to re-arrange the
order of boot devices in the PC's BIOS to boot from the CD.)

HOW TO Install Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;316941

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm

http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sg_clean.asp


Bruce Chambers

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