Why can't upgrade from Win 2000 Pro to XP Home?

Question

I went to Microsoft.com and they say that I can only upgrade to XP Pro from 2000 Pro!Should I do it?
I mean I don't think I really need the XP Pro.(but again I don't know what is the difference)
So what should I do?Can I uninstall Win2000 Pro that I have now without loosing my other programs?If yes,how?
Thank you.

Answer 1

My recommendations on an upgrade are:
1) backup all information to a cd/USB stick/external hard drive.
- this is incase something goes wrong, and you might lose information, or you choose the wrong selection and your HD is wiped out.
2) Purchase a new Hard drive, and install XP on it. Make your old hard drive the second drive, now a backup drive. Install all software on the new XP drive, make sure everything is updated/working, then transfer your data from #2 to #1. This way, if you make a mistake/install error/incompatibility error with XP, you can simply remove #1, and plug #2 as the original, and you are back and running
- this method is overall the fastest and most reliable. Besides, it's time for a bigger drive,faster drive, and one that is more reliable.

- also, this will give you a fresh, faster system than an upgrade from 2000.

If you need more help, email me!

Answer 2

If you want XP Home, save your data and do a clean istall. You can't save you programs, but you can reinstall them after you have installed XP.
Otherwise, if you have enough hard disk space, create a new partition (you can do this with Partition Magic) and install XP Home on the new partition.

Answer 3

you purely ought to borrow a ME or 98SE CD from somebody you be attentive to, yet you do not ought to install it. in the process the XP deploy, at one element it is going to ask you to insert the ME or 98SE CD just to coach you have one, and then the deploy will proceed. solid luck.

Answer 4

i think ur going to have to buy pro or something like taht...and yes ur going to lose everything.