innit01 Posted December 27, 2006 Share Posted December 27, 2006 Hi i have messed up my XP home machine, and was wondering if i installed XP pro over the top without fromatting the drive would i loose any documents and pictures that i have? Many thanks for any help Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36989-install-xp-pro-over-xp-home/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orea Posted December 27, 2006 Share Posted December 27, 2006 Umm...couple of ways. By the way what do you mean by messed up? garbled and cant start? or start but terrificly slow? Yes, it is possible, i cant remember, but i think it say's upgrade. select that, and you'l flying. (get mac osx.) BaYlisS Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36989-install-xp-pro-over-xp-home/#findComment-263060 Share on other sites More sharing options...
innit01 Posted December 27, 2006 Author Share Posted December 27, 2006 the system just restarts after it loads mup.sys. I have searched around and can't find a solution, (there are many but non for me). I have inserted the xp cd and booted into setup, when i go to what partition i select the existing one. Then i have a few options to formatt, but there is also a option to leave the current file system intact. But i'm not sure if i will loose my documents. P.S. i have osx, this problem is on my fathers PC. Thanks for the reply. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36989-install-xp-pro-over-xp-home/#findComment-263070 Share on other sites More sharing options...
haydio Posted December 28, 2006 Share Posted December 28, 2006 Maby if you install another copy of windows on another partition and then backup all the documents to another computer/ harddrive Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36989-install-xp-pro-over-xp-home/#findComment-263204 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadDoggyca Posted December 28, 2006 Share Posted December 28, 2006 grab ether Home or Pro>Boot cd> hit enter to install>f8>Rapire installion > <or esc for fresh install??? jsut replauire the instiaon? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36989-install-xp-pro-over-xp-home/#findComment-263324 Share on other sites More sharing options...
articquad Posted December 28, 2006 Share Posted December 28, 2006 ehh, I would stick with home. Professional just includes office. So install office on home, and it'll be very similar. Plus, with vista (cough) coming out... eventually.., he'll probably want to upgrade to that anyway. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36989-install-xp-pro-over-xp-home/#findComment-263507 Share on other sites More sharing options...
innit01 Posted December 28, 2006 Author Share Posted December 28, 2006 Sorted, just bought a housing and copied it to my lappie. Then fromatted. Thanks. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36989-install-xp-pro-over-xp-home/#findComment-263567 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panda200x Posted December 28, 2006 Share Posted December 28, 2006 ehh, I would stick with home. Professional just includes office. So install office on home, and it'll be very similar. Plus, with vista (cough) coming out... eventually.., he'll probably want to upgrade to that anyway. XP Pro has more than Office. I has some apps on it which don't come with Home. And it can connect to a domain. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36989-install-xp-pro-over-xp-home/#findComment-263630 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwhsh8r Posted December 28, 2006 Share Posted December 28, 2006 you would have to do a distructive install, wipe the harddrive, but what you could do is back up the files to a dif partition, delete the home one, install in another one, and then copy the files over and merge the two :censored2: Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36989-install-xp-pro-over-xp-home/#findComment-263737 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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