Windows XP - upgrade from Home to Professional

[Vincent]

You've got quite a problem! About the only way I know of
to fix this is to reformat your hard drive and reinstall
XP Home. Then, you can try to install XP Pro again. If
it doesn't work, there's not much else you can do that I
don't know of.
>-----Original Message-----
>I tried to upgrade my home pc from XP Home to
Professional
>(XP Pro) and 3/4 of the way through my pc goes blank to
a
>blinking cursor. Where I cannot type or Cont/Alt/Dlt or
>anything!
>
>I have tried to go back to restore to Windows XP Home,
but
>the system keeps telling me to insert the XP Pro CD and
>the issue starts all over again. Right now I would like
>to restore back to my Windows Home to turn off some
>software so I can free up a little disc space but I
cannot
>get back to a restore screen. Actually, I cannot get
back
>to any screens.
>
>My PC is a 3 to 4 yr old Compaq Presario (I know, I
know)
>that is 1/2 the problem, I have 256 MB memory, 60 gig
hard
>drive, and a Celeron 4 (the other 1/2 of the problem).
But
>I would like to restore it to the orginal date prior to
>trying to up grade. Previously, my operating system was
>Windows 98 and that is the Restore Disc that came with
my
>computer..I would rather not go back to this!
>
>WHAT CAN I DO?? ANY ONE??? HELP???
>.
>