this version of windows xp cannot be upgraded

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I need to re-install xp professional because of problems. When I try to reinstall I get this message that "This version of windows xp cannot be upgraded. The option to upgrade will not be available." So this means that I would have to do a full install and lose all of my settings and some data. Is there any way to force it to do a up-grade or can I safely do a reinstall over windows and not lose my data?

Please help
Thank you
 
There is no further upgrade option from XP Pro. Do you have a retail XP
disk? If so you can do a repair install and retain setting and files. If you
don't , your only option will be to format and reinstall. Most manufacture
disk do not include the repair option , (reinstall over present install) .
Jym



trent said:
I need to re-install xp professional because of problems. When I try to
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reinstall I get this message that "This version of windows xp cannot be
upgraded. The option to upgrade will not be available." So this means that I
would have to do a full install and lose all of my settings and some data.
Is there any way to force it to do a up-grade or can I safely do a reinstall
over windows and not lose my data?
 
You may be able to perform a repair install. You will have to go to MS
updates afterward and may need to re-set some of your personal settings.
Follow the instructions on the following site.
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
Thanks to Michael Stevens

HTH, JAX

trent said:
I need to re-install xp professional because of problems. When I try to
Click to expand...
reinstall I get this message that "This version of windows xp cannot be
upgraded. The option to upgrade will not be available." So this means that I
would have to do a full install and lose all of my settings and some data.
Is there any way to force it to do a up-grade or can I safely do a reinstall
over windows and not lose my data?
 
It seems that you have an O.E.M. version of Windows XP, meant for
installation on a computer w/o an operating system. They will only allow a
clean install on a hard drive without any system.
--
Regards:

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)

trent said:
I need to re-install xp professional because of problems. When I try to
Click to expand...
reinstall I get this message that "This version of windows xp cannot be
upgraded. The option to upgrade will not be available." So this means that I
would have to do a full install and lose all of my settings and some data.
Is there any way to force it to do a up-grade or can I safely do a reinstall
over windows and not lose my data?
 
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