general guestion ( please help w/ guestion )

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charlievan

Hi everyone have not been here for a while, but
everythings the same looks like I have to buy an OEM copy
of xp pro, beta working like a charm ( lucky charm that
is ) my guestion today is: does anyone know of a good but
discounted site to buy an OEM copy of XP pro, and since I
have a lot of music files and downloads is thier any way I
can upgrade this XP home edition with has the grace period
expired ( thus the reason for scrambling for an Oem copy )
without losing all my files.

I ask you guys since I dont know any other forums and I
know you guys know your stuff since I have been hangin
around here for the last 8 months lol
thx Charlie
 
Hi

Check this MS page, the problem for you is that you probably
cannot upgrade and need a full XP Pro version.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/upgrading/matrix.mspx

Within this page you have all resellers and you can also call a
reseller and ask.

http://www.microsoft.com/products/info/render.aspx?view=22&type=mnp&content=22/reseller

Then to protect your Music files....... Read this about XP and
installs, as always
backups are important and CD/DVD burners are really cheap now.

http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

"You will need to reinstall all your programs, backup and restore your
data and files along with custom tweaks."

Maybe if you have more then one hard drive you can also move your files
to the second drive before
you make a clean XP install on first drive.
 
Actually no, you are running a trial version of XP it seems, which means its
possible to do an inplace upgrade. If its a beta, you can do an upgrade to
the final version of the software, although it is not recommended since
there can be unknown glitches that can occur during the upgrade process from
a beta product.

For purchase of OEM versions of XP, check here:
http://www.directron.com
http://www.newegg.com
http://www.ncix.com
http://www.cdw.com
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