XP Home Edition reload with the XP Home Edition Upgrade

[Guest]

I have XP Home Edition and have lost my original media. Can I reload with the XP Home Edition Upgrade?

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

You must use the original Windows XP and Product Key.

How to Replace Lost, Broken, or Missing Microsoft Software or Hardware
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];326246

Or providing you own a Microsoft Windows 98/ME CD, you can use the
upgrade version of Windows XP Home Edition but you must use the Product
Key that came with it. This assumes Windows XP Home Edition Upgrade
is not being used on a different computer.

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Michael Stevens]

Clean Install Windows XP
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Michael Stevens]

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

 

[Cerridwen]

I have XP Home Edition and have lost my original media. Can I reload
with the XP Home Edition Upgrade?

Short answer - nope. You have no rights to the licence anymore - it won't
install without authentication. No qualifying product, no licence. Simple,
really.