XP Home to XP pro

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I bought a copy of XP PRO from a guy that said it had
never been installed on a computer, so I upgraded my XP
home edition with it. Well it turns out that it was
already registered to another machine. Now my time has
run out and I cant reinstall XP Home or even run windows
at all. Any Suggestions?

Thans,
Bruce
 
I bought a copy of XP PRO from a guy that said it had
never been installed on a computer, so I upgraded my XP
home edition with it. Well it turns out that it was
already registered to another machine. Now my time has
run out and I cant reinstall XP Home or even run windows
at all. Any Suggestions?

Thans,
Bruce
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You may want to get back to the guy that sold you XP. If you're certain
this is a legitimate copy of XP, get a receipt from him. Then activate
using the phone option with MS.

While he said XP had never been installed, it may have been tried on
another computer and activated. There is no way to de-activate that
install, it simply gets removed. Then the copy of XP, along with its
Product Key, can be sold. If your install and attempt to activate was
within 120 days of the other install and activation, having to call in is
normal and actually a simple process.

If on the other hand, you suspect this is not a legitimate copy of XP, buy
a copy and use the provided product key in that package to install. You can
perform the "repair" install without disturbing your current setup.
How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade (Reinstallation) of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;315341
 
Hi, you will need to format your hard drive and install Windows XP Home or
purchase a valid copy of Windows XP Pro.
 
-----Original Message-----
I bought a copy of XP PRO from a guy that said it had
never been installed on a computer, so I upgraded my XP
home edition with it. Well it turns out that it was
already registered to another machine. Now my time has
run out and I cant reinstall XP Home or even run windows
at all. Any Suggestions?

Thans,
Bruce
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you will have to format your hd and do a clean install,
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being that you cant access windows you can try booting
from your home disk, if this does not work you will need
xp boot disk which you can get from microsoft site, if
you have a 98 a boot disk you can boot from it chooseing
cd support then use your xp home cd, hope this is a help
to you.
 
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