I currently have windows xp professional installed in my computer, I recently bought a new CD. (windows XP Home edition) but the computer wont let me install it. it says" windows Xp does not supporting upgrading from Professional to Home edition" . what can i do please help
2006-12-05 06:00:58 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
Why do you want to install XP Home instead of XP Professional? Its actually a downgrade - not an upgrade, which is why you get that message.
If you MUST replace XP Professional by XP Home - you will need to format your PC. Get a bootable XP Home CD (yours might already be) -to check if your XP Home CD is bootable or not and to install XP Home do the following:
1. Take the backup of all your data on your PC, because installation of Home would require a FORMAT of your PC and all the data would be gone.
2. Place the CD in the Drive and restart the PC.
3. When the PC boots up, you will get a prompt to boot from the CD (if the CD is bootable).
4. Choose to boot from the CD - and you will get option to format the PC and thereafter install Home.
HTH.
2006-12-05 06:04:08 · answer #1 · answered by SmartSpider 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Going from XP Pro to XP Home isn't an upgrade, it is a downgrade which is why you can't do it. You would need to format your entire PC to get windows XP Home on it.
Just a bit of warning. If you have an XP Home upgrade CD you will not be able to install a whole new OS without some kinda of older windows version CD to conferm that you have a older version. Without it you cannot have a new installation with a upgrade CD.
2006-12-05 06:06:01 · answer #2 · answered by Icon 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stay with the XP Professional Version. It is much better than the Home version. Sell the home version CD to someone who doesn't have win xp.
2006-12-05 06:04:13 · answer #3 · answered by tripledavis 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
XP Pro is a better version.. It is a higher version than XP HOme. Don't need to upgrade. Leave it like it is.
2006-12-05 06:10:20 · answer #4 · answered by Steve P 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well you have WINDOWS XP PROFECIONAL. and you wanna install windows xp home dition for which ou will have to uninstall windows xp professional and download the home edition.you cannot download 2 editions.so... give that cd to sum1 else or if you want home edition uninstall or reboot profecional xp from your computer and then put home xp
2006-12-05 06:04:47 · answer #5 · answered by chanchal 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't downgrade within the OS from Professional to Home. You must reboot from cd, delete your partition, format hard drive and run install. Make sure you backup all your files on a cd/dvd or external drive.
2006-12-05 06:04:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can't install Home XP on top of Pro XP..the only thing is to format HD or remove XP Pro somehow..
2006-12-05 06:04:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
why would you want to go from professional to home edition? professional offers many more options than the home edition.
I would stick with the professional edition and upgrade it through windows update.
2006-12-05 06:04:30 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋