Overwriting windows xp home

djt0506 · 12-19-2005, 05:48 PM

Hi all,

I currently have windows xp home edition installed on my laptop. I have lots of important files in some folder on my hard disk. But i want to put windows xp professional edition on my hard disk. My problem is that I dont have the xp pro upgrade cd; i only have the full version of xp professional. I'm wondering, if I was to set up windows xp professional on the same partition as xp home, will it just overwrite xp home edition and will it leave my important files in my "documents and settings" folder alone, or will it just totally remove everything from my hard disk?

Thanks all in advance for your replies.

**dragon2309** · 12-19-2005, 06:01 PM

erm.... the full version has the option to perform just an upgrade, that should be fine. Its the upgarde version that doesnt have the means to perform a full install. Do an upgrade and you documents should stay in their places.

bigdogz4u2 · 12-19-2005, 06:13 PM

Upgrading usually cost more HD usage. I think when you finish upgrading; you can uninstall the windows setup files that were copied due to upgrade.
Upgrading is not recommended, but if you willing to sacrifice HD space and computer performance, then I guess that is the option for you...

If I were you, I would backup all the data I have and then perform the clean installation of windows XP Pro... But that just me.. You do whatever suits you....

djt0506 · 12-19-2005, 08:14 PM

thanx y'all for that. i've decided to totally backup all my data and reformat&install xp pro full. thanx y'all again anyways.

**dragon2309** · 12-21-2005, 02:55 PM

yeh, thats always the best thing to do, a full format increases performance s much.

12-19-2005, 05:48 PM	#1 (permalink)
djt0506 New Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 16	Overwriting windows xp home Hi all, I currently have windows xp home edition installed on my laptop. I have lots of important files in some folder on my hard disk. But i want to put windows xp professional edition on my hard disk. My problem is that I dont have the xp pro upgrade cd; i only have the full version of xp professional. I'm wondering, if I was to set up windows xp professional on the same partition as xp home, will it just overwrite xp home edition and will it leave my important files in my "documents and settings" folder alone, or will it just totally remove everything from my hard disk? Thanks all in advance for your replies.

12-19-2005, 06:01 PM	#2 (permalink)
dragon2309 P.I Dragon Join Date: May 2005 Location: KENT, UK Age: 20 Posts: 8,435	erm.... the full version has the option to perform just an upgrade, that should be fine. Its the upgarde version that doesnt have the means to perform a full install. Do an upgrade and you documents should stay in their places. __________________ Intel Core2Duo E6600 @ 3.1Ghz - (__CPU__) eVGA 680i SLi - (__MOB__) 4Gb Corsair Dominator DDR2-800 (4x1024Mb) - (__RAM__) 250Gb Western Digital SATAII 7200rpm - (__HDD__) nVidia BFG 8800GTS OC 320Mb - (__GFX__) LG DVD+/-RW 18x DVD-RAM - (__OPT__) Triple Boot - [XP Pro] + [Vista Ultimate] + [Ubuntu 7.10] - (__OS__) [3DMARK'03 :: 25,587] --- [3DMARK'05 :: 13,989] --- [3DMARK'06 :: 8791] - (__BENCHMARKS__) dragon2309.co.uk - a little slice of geek

12-19-2005, 06:13 PM	#3 (permalink)
bigdogz4u2 Silver Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Pennsylvania, USA Posts: 158	Upgrading usually cost more HD usage. I think when you finish upgrading; you can uninstall the windows setup files that were copied due to upgrade. Upgrading is not recommended, but if you willing to sacrifice HD space and computer performance, then I guess that is the option for you... If I were you, I would backup all the data I have and then perform the clean installation of windows XP Pro... But that just me.. You do whatever suits you.... Last edited by bigdogz4u2; 12-19-2005 at 07:20 PM.

12-21-2005, 02:55 PM	#5 (permalink)
dragon2309 P.I Dragon Join Date: May 2005 Location: KENT, UK Age: 20 Posts: 8,435	yeh, thats always the best thing to do, a full format increases performance s much. __________________ Intel Core2Duo E6600 @ 3.1Ghz - (__CPU__) eVGA 680i SLi - (__MOB__) 4Gb Corsair Dominator DDR2-800 (4x1024Mb) - (__RAM__) 250Gb Western Digital SATAII 7200rpm - (__HDD__) nVidia BFG 8800GTS OC 320Mb - (__GFX__) LG DVD+/-RW 18x DVD-RAM - (__OPT__) Triple Boot - [XP Pro] + [Vista Ultimate] + [Ubuntu 7.10] - (__OS__) [3DMARK'03 :: 25,587] --- [3DMARK'05 :: 13,989] --- [3DMARK'06 :: 8791] - (__BENCHMARKS__) dragon2309.co.uk - a little slice of geek

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12-19-2005, 08:14 PM	#4 (permalink)
djt0506 New Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 16	thanx y'all for that. i've decided to totally backup all my data and reformat&install xp pro full. thanx y'all again anyways.