Dual boot WinXP Home & WinXP Pro

[Guest]

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I have XP Home installed on my C: drive. I added a partition D:for XP Pro.
But when I try to boot from the XP Pro installation disk, I get a message
that it cannot be loaded because I already have a later version of the
program installed. My laptop has no floppy drive, so how do I get the system
booted up to install to the new partition? Thanks
Duke

 

[bar]

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Do not attempt to install from within Xp Home.

You should set your PC BIOS to boot off the CD / DVD and insert the
Installation CD.

"Duke99" wrote:

> I have XP Home installed on my C: drive. I added a partition D:for XP Pro.
> But when I try to boot from the XP Pro installation disk, I get a message
> that it cannot be loaded because I already have a later version of the
> program installed. My laptop has no floppy drive, so how do I get the system
> booted up to install to the new partition? Thanks
> Duke

 

[Guest]

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Hi,

Boot into WinXP Home, insert the Pro disk. Choose "new installation" from
the setup prompt, direct it to the new partition.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Duke99" <Duke99@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1D0F0674-CA32-4C3B-AA55-3FD3F7E84A29@microsoft.com...
>I have XP Home installed on my C: drive. I added a partition D:for XP Pro.
> But when I try to boot from the XP Pro installation disk, I get a message
> that it cannot be loaded because I already have a later version of the
> program installed. My laptop has no floppy drive, so how do I get the
> system
> booted up to install to the new partition? Thanks
> Duke

 

[Guest]

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Tried this, but installation CD still refuses to load because it finds the
previously installed version of XP.

"BAR" wrote:

> Do not attempt to install from within Xp Home.
>
> You should set your PC BIOS to boot off the CD / DVD and insert the
> Installation CD.
>
> "Duke99" wrote:
>
> > I have XP Home installed on my C: drive. I added a partition D:for XP Pro.
> > But when I try to boot from the XP Pro installation disk, I get a message
> > that it cannot be loaded because I already have a later version of the
> > program installed. My laptop has no floppy drive, so how do I get the system
> > booted up to install to the new partition? Thanks
> > Duke

 

[Guest]

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When I insert the Pro disk, there is no "new installation " offered. I can
choose "install WinXP", but this is when I get the error message about the
newer installation already on the computer.

"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Boot into WinXP Home, insert the Pro disk. Choose "new installation" from
> the setup prompt, direct it to the new partition.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "Duke99" <Duke99@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1D0F0674-CA32-4C3B-AA55-3FD3F7E84A29@microsoft.com...
> >I have XP Home installed on my C: drive. I added a partition D:for XP Pro.
> > But when I try to boot from the XP Pro installation disk, I get a message
> > that it cannot be loaded because I already have a later version of the
> > program installed. My laptop has no floppy drive, so how do I get the
> > system
> > booted up to install to the new partition? Thanks
> > Duke
>
>
>