butter

I've got two windows XP installation CDs:

1. WinXP Home. Boots and installs perfectly, but needs activation which i lost and don't have anymore.

2. WinXP Pro. Installs perfectly, activation-friendly, but wouldn't boot.

So every time i reinstall my OS i have to install Win #1, then out of its shell install Win #2. Cause Win #2 DOESN'T BOOT!! and it sucks so bad. Such a pain to double install it everytime.

Does anybody have any ideas?

Here's what i've tried already:

Burned a bootable data-CD with Nero. Result: boots in DOS-mode. then i get into the directory with Win #2, type setup.exe. And.. it still wouldn't work, saying that this file can be started from WIN32 only.

sniperchang

Did you have both OS installed? Why not just reformat and install XP Pro, that should work.

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butter

that's exactly what i need. the problem is tho, if i format the drive, then i will need to boot from a CD. and the one with WinXP Pro DOESN'T BOOT!!

and i don't know how to make it