Replacing XP Home

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I have a spanking new Dell dimension which came with XP Home. I need advice
on the proper procedure for installing XP Pro (I have an original disk that
will allow multiple installs). I also have the SP2 disk. What is the best and
most expeditious procedure? Moreover, as an alternative is there any
advantage to maintaining both OS's on this PC?............Thanks
 
Since it is a new computer, and assuming that you have not saved anything
important on it, just do a clean install of Windows XP Pro.

No, there is no advantage at all of maintaining both OSs on your computer.
In fact, it just causes wasted space on your hard drive and could lead to
conflicts.
 
CinciDave said:
I have a spanking new Dell dimension which came with XP Home. I need
advice on the proper procedure for installing XP Pro (I have an
original disk that will allow multiple installs).
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What kind of disk is this that allows multiple installations? How do you
know it allows this?

I also have the SP2
disk. What is the best and most expeditious procedure?
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Normally, I recommend upgrading, since the Home to Professional upgrade is
the easiest and most-likely successful of all possible upgrades. However in
this particular case, if the computer is brand new and doesn't have anything
on it yet, you might as well just do a clean installation.

Just boot from the Windows Professional XP CD (change the BIOS boot order if
necessary to accomplish this) and follow the prompts for a clean
installation (delete the existing partition by pressing "D" when prompted,
then create a new one).

You can find detailed instructions here:
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

or here http://windowsxp.mvps.org/XPClean.htm

or here http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm

Moreover, as
an alternative is there any advantage to maintaining both OS's on
this PC?
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None at all. Anything that can be done in Home can also be done in
Professional.

One additional point: Are you sure you want to do this? Are you aware that
XP Home and Professional are identical except that Professional includes a
few features (mostly related to security and networking) missing from Home?
Most home users don't need and would never use these extra features and will
see no benefits by upgrading.

For details go to

http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_home_pro.asp

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/whichxp.asp>

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/howtobuy/choosing2.asp

Also note another point, not included in any of the above: Professional
allows ten concurrent network connections, and Home only five.
 
First, thanks to the respondants. Your suggestions and comments have been
quite helpful. I still have some questions on the proper protocol for
installing PRO. My installation disk is an early version and will require
that not only must I add SP2, but most of the other updates as well. This wil
take a good deal of time.

Is there any short cut available to get Pro up to date without going
through the lengthy process of allowing MS to download and install each
individual upgrade online?

Again,many thanks for your help.....CinciDave
 
CinciDave said:
First, thanks to the respondants. Your suggestions and comments have been
quite helpful. I still have some questions on the proper protocol for
installing PRO. My installation disk is an early version and will require
that not only must I add SP2, but most of the other updates as well. This wil
take a good deal of time.

Is there any short cut available to get Pro up to date without going
through the lengthy process of allowing MS to download and install each
individual upgrade online?

Again,many thanks for your help.....CinciDave
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Slipstream SP2 into the XP Pro installation CD to created an XP with SP2
installation CD. Then do the install with that. After it's installed
you'll still need go to Windows Update and get the 60 or so post SP2
updates. There is no getting around that. I am curious as well, as to
what kind of XP installation CD you have that allows multiple installs.
I notice you didn't answer Ken when he asked that.

Here are some links for slipstreaming.

http://www.theeldergeek.com/slipstreamed_xpsp2_cd.htm
http://unattended.msfn.org/beginner/slipstream.htm

Autostreamer
http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/1092632287/1
http://www.simplyguides.net/guides/using_autostreamer/using_autostreamer.html
http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=223562
 
Oops! I guess I forgot to answer Ken's question. My university (I am a
faculty member) has a license with MS to obtain most of their software. For
XP it has, as far as I know, no limitation on re-installations. Moreover, we
can purchase any of the licensed MS software for about $10/disk from our
bookstore. This is just one of the benefits of academia and this is why I'd
rather teach than work for a living--
.....hope this helps you all as much as you have helped
me.....Regards...CinciDave
 
CinciDave said:
Oops! I guess I forgot to answer Ken's question. My university (I am a
faculty member) has a license with MS to obtain most of their software. For
XP it has, as far as I know, no limitation on re-installations. Moreover, we
can purchase any of the licensed MS software for about $10/disk from our
bookstore. This is just one of the benefits of academia and this is why I'd
rather teach than work for a living--
....hope this helps you all as much as you have helped
me.....Regards...CinciDave
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Ah yes, the unreal world...lol
 
Aw! c'mon. I'm just like everyone else....'cept I just have an ivory tower to
hide in.....Seriously, I do appreciate your cogent support.....
 
CinciDave said:
Aw! c'mon. I'm just like everyone else....'cept I just have an ivory tower to
hide in.....Seriously, I do appreciate your cogent support.....
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You're welcome. I didn't mean to sound disparaging. Even had a friend
once in academia. I think her office actually was in an ivory tower, at
least ivory painted ;-)
 
Thank you for being an Educator. As far as I am concerned, there is no
endeavor as important for the future of humanity.
 
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