XP Professional on Toshiba P10-221

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Marco

Hi,
I have a new Toshiba P10-221 (with XP Home pre-installed), and I would
like to install XP Professional. I have the Microsoft XP Professional
Service pack 1a (OEM). I am rather embarassed about the proper
installation procedure to follow.
Would it be better to install XP Pro from the beginning (and then
install all drivers, from the Toshiba web site, and utilities, from
the Toshiba CD-ROM), or to do the (simpler) upgrade from Home to Pro?
I have tried to ask both to Toshiba and Microsoft, but I did not have
a clear indication.
At the moment I have done the upgrade (and I have also re-installed
the tools and utilities from the Toshiba CD-ROM). For now, everything
seems to work fine. A little doubt is about the management of new
accounts, where it seems there is a problem with the creation of new
users from "Control panel-->User account-->ecc.". New users can be
created, but following a different path. Also the management of the
battery, although working, does not seem 100% under control.
Would I have problems in the future with the upgrade?

Thanks,
Marco
 
Marco said:
Hi,
I have a new Toshiba P10-221 (with XP Home pre-installed), and I would
like to install XP Professional. I have the Microsoft XP Professional
Service pack 1a (OEM). I am rather embarassed about the proper
installation procedure to follow.
Would it be better to install XP Pro from the beginning (and then
install all drivers, from the Toshiba web site, and utilities, from
the Toshiba CD-ROM), or to do the (simpler) upgrade from Home to Pro?
I have tried to ask both to Toshiba and Microsoft, but I did not have
a clear indication.
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As the licence you have is OEM, a clean installation is your only choice.
OEM discs cannot perform upgrades.

I've never seen a Toshiba CD-ROM, but you may find that they, like some
other manufacturers, won't allow you to install the applications separately.
If you have separate CDs then you should be OK.

May I ask why you didn't ask for XP Pro to be installed at the point-of-sale
if you find you now require it?
 
Toshiba should have supplied you a set of Recovery Disks which are used to reinstate the PC back to factory fresh state.

To do a clean installation of XP Home from this is quicker than using a retail version of XP. You will not have the XP Home OEM version of the type described by Cerridwen, which is on a single CD just like the retail version [but cheaper for the system builder to buy].

If your requirement is for an XP Pro system, and you have a FULL version of XP Pro not an Upgrade version:
1. keep a copy of all the Toshiba drivers and utilities [download them from their site and keep them on a separate CD]
2. do a clean installation of XP Pro
3. Install drivers when prompted and add Toshiba utilities
4. Activate Windows XP Pro

If your requirement is for an XP Pro system, and you have an Upgrade version of P Pro you will need to;
1. Restore your PC from the Toshiba CD set
2. Complete the installation process: personalisation etc [activation is not required when setting up from Toshiba CD set]
3. Perform an Upgrade using you XP Pro CD
4. Activate Windows XP Pro
 
.........

May I ask why you didn't ask for XP Pro to be installed at the point-of-sale
if you find you now require it?
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The point of sale suggested upgrading (the easiest alternative) and
they have actually done the upgrade. They are supposed to have used my
OEM xp pro.
 
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