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    Hi! I have Win XP home edition preinstalled. I want to install XP Pro to install. But I do not want to go through, uninstalling xp home and back-uping my entire hard disk to do that. Is there an easy way to upgrade my OS without losing any data? Please help thanks,

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      Hi! I have Win XP home edition preinstalled. I want to install XP Pro to install. But I do not want to go through, uninstalling xp home and back-uping my entire hard disk to do that. Is there an easy way to upgrade my OS without losing any data? Please help thanks,

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      Matt Newman
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      You can upgrade to XP Pro, but your still gonna want to back up and you may just be better off doing a fresh install. Matt Newman
      Sonork: 100:11179 "Jokes should at least try to be intelligent - this is just toilet humor" - Heath Stewart

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        You can upgrade to XP Pro, but your still gonna want to back up and you may just be better off doing a fresh install. Matt Newman
        Sonork: 100:11179 "Jokes should at least try to be intelligent - this is just toilet humor" - Heath Stewart

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        I'll second doing a backup, but I was surprisingly happy with the upgrade from Home to Pro on my laptop. After 8 months of use it finally got to the point where enough junk had accumulated to make me want to reinstall from scratch but those 8 months were enough for HP to upload a driver pack so I could do the install from scratch :) James "I despise the city and much prefer being where a traffic jam means a line-up at McDonald's" Me when telling a friend why I wouldn't want to live with him

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          I'll second doing a backup, but I was surprisingly happy with the upgrade from Home to Pro on my laptop. After 8 months of use it finally got to the point where enough junk had accumulated to make me want to reinstall from scratch but those 8 months were enough for HP to upload a driver pack so I could do the install from scratch :) James "I despise the city and much prefer being where a traffic jam means a line-up at McDonald's" Me when telling a friend why I wouldn't want to live with him

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          James T. Johnson wrote: on my laptop. I would probably have done the same thing on a laptop. I have found myself stuck out of luck without drivers and a failed laptop install Matt Newman
          Sonork: 100:11179 "Jokes should at least try to be intelligent - this is just toilet humor" - Heath Stewart

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