HowTo upgrade from XP HE to XP Pro without loosing my programs documents and emails

[Xcom_Cheetah]

As Windows XP HE doesn;t support quite a few developer things like IIS server i want to move to XP Professional edition. But i have quite a few things programs and settings and emails and all sorts of other things in my Windows and i don;t want to do a fresh installation. So if i just install Professional Edition over Home Edition will it be ok..? Has anybody done it..? what are the chances of failure.? and any guide available ..

Thanks

 

[hity645]

In the past when I've Reinstalled Windows over another Windows XP install, I couldnt access the old user accounts and basically it was like starting over. If you have the upgrade edition, I think that might work. If not, I would strongly recommend you backup everything you deem important and then give it a try, hope this helps a lil.

 

[nomak]

If you do the upgrade option and not the clean install you should be ok...

 

[BillLeeLee]

A long time ago (3 years back, freshman year of college) I installed XP Pro over XP home on my notebook. I was also dumb and installed over ME on my desktop at the time.

But all in all, everything went off without a hitch. I just chose upgrade install, not clean install, and went through all the general stuff like program compatibility checking and such. In the end, I still had everything, documents, programs, etc.

So I've done it twice and it worked twice.

Hope that helps.

 

[Xcom_Cheetah]

Thank all of u for ur help... i will be taking the risk on this weekend. will let u know the result

 

[S1nF1xx]

Thank all of u for ur help... i will be taking the risk on this weekend. will let u know the result

Just do the upgrade install. Then there will be no risk.