Install XP Home OEM over XP Pro...

10 Feb 2006 7:17 PM

Rod Janson

Hi,

New computer, C: partition mirrored from old computer over to the new disk.
This was a unregistered XP Pro.

Now we have a XP Home license / cd and we need to install this XP Home over
the XP Pro partition to retain all settings and data.

I'm sure that the OEM XP Home will complain when we try to install it over
the copied XP Pro files. How do we tweak this so the XP Home can be
correctly installed and registered?

Thanks a bunch for tips on how to solve this problem

best regards

Rod

10 Feb 2006 8:59 PM

Steve Parry [MVP]

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"Rod Janson" <r**@Janson.net> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> New computer, C: partition mirrored from old computer over to the new
> disk.
> This was a unregistered XP Pro.
>
> Now we have a XP Home license / cd and we need to install this XP Home
> over
> the XP Pro partition to retain all settings and data.
>
> I'm sure that the OEM XP Home will complain when we try to install it over
> the copied XP Pro files. How do we tweak this so the XP Home can be
> correctly installed and registered?
>
> Thanks a bunch for tips on how to solve this problem
>
> best regards
>
> Rod
>
>

why don't you use the file and settings transfer wizard and make copy of the
settings, then do a fresh install then restore the settings etc from the
file created by F.A.S.T. wizard?

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/deploy/mgrtfset.mspx

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Steve Parry BA(Hons) MCP MVP

http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
http://www.gwynfryn.co.uk

10 Feb 2006 9:33 PM

Rod Janson

"Steve Parry [MVP]" <k100rs_1990@nospam.hotmail.com> skrev i melding news:%

> why don't you use the file and settings transfer wizard and make copy of
the
> settings, then do a fresh install then restore the settings etc from the
> file created by F.A.S.T. wizard?
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/deploy/mgrtfset.mspx

OK, this takes care of the windows settings and data, but what about drivers
and installed applications? Any solution for copying those too... ?

regards

Rod