XP Pro/Home editions

[Guest]

I am wanting to uninstall Windows XP pro and reinstall Windows XP Home Edition, can anyone lead me in the corect direction?

 

[Chris Lanier]

Hi, you need to do a clean install of Windows XP Home if you wish to make
this change.

NOTE: Windows XP Professional has "everything" Windows XP Home has with
additional features.

I am wanting to uninstall Windows XP pro and reinstall Windows XP Home

Edition, can anyone lead me in the corect direction?

 

[Ken Blake]

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I am wanting to uninstall Windows XP pro and reinstall Windows XP
Home Edition, can anyone lead me in the corect direction?

There is no downgrade possible. You need to a clean
installataion. Just boot from the Windows XP CD and follow the
prompts for a clean installation. It will do the reformat for
you.

 

[Guest]

What do you mean by a clean install? Its not as easy as popping the XP home edition disk in in the drive?

 

[Chris Lanier]

Yes, it will wipe your hard drive clean and install XP Home.

The Windows XP CD is bootable and contains all the tools necessary to
partition and format your drive. Follow this procedure and allow Windows XP
to partition and format your drive:

1. Open your BIOS and set your CD Drive as the first bootable device.
2. Insert your Windows XP CD in the CD Drive and reboot your computer.
3. You'll see a message to boot to the CD....follow the instructions.
4. The setup menu will appear and you should elect to delete the existing
Windows partitions, then create a new partition, then format the primary
partition (preferably NTFS) and proceed to install Windows XP.

5. Clean Install Windows XP
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
[Courtesy of Michael Stevens, MS-MVP]

6. After installing Windows XP, be sure and visit the support website of
the manufacturer of the computer to download and install any available
Windows XP compatible drivers, such as video adapter and audio drivers.

What do you mean by a clean install? Its not as easy as popping the XP

home edition disk in in the drive?

 

[Guest]

I have to chose whether I want to install over the existing patition or install in a unpartitioned space. Which option do I take?

 

[Guest]

Thank you! A big Help

 

[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

Of course, you'll want to back up any important data before
starting.


Bruce Chambers

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I am wanting to uninstall Windows XP pro and reinstall Windows XP

Home Edition, can anyone lead me in the corect direction?