XP Pro Over XP Home Problem

[Guest]

It's telling me that the XP home I have on my PC is newer then the XP Pro I am
trying to load. What I Have is XP Pro 2002 and XP Home with service pack 2.
It say I can load it but will lose all my files. What should I do?

Thanks

Eddie

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

I would recommend creating a new Windows XP CD
with SP2 slipstreamed in, then perform the upgrade.
You can use your current Windows XP Pro CD to
accomplish this.

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

or

AutoStreamer 1.0.33 (preferred)
http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=223562

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

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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| It's telling me that the XP home I have on my PC is newer then the XP Pro I am
| trying to load. What I Have is XP Pro 2002 and XP Home with service pack 2.
| It say I can load it but will lose all my files. What should I do?
|
| Thanks
|
| Eddie