Another format HD question

Jupiter,

The XP-Upgrade is from the OEM. After reading this thread
and some of the links, I realized that I suffer from the
OEM limitations. Off to Frys to buy the real deal.
Thanks for the response.

See you on the flip side!

-----Original Message-----
Mitchell;
What is the original source of the Windows XP Upgrade?
If it is an OEM, it is very limited in what it can and
can not do.
Those limits are setup by the manufacturer and not
Microsoft.

Windows XP Home and Pro are identical in performance and
stability.
The main differences are added security and ability to
join a domain.
Most home users have no need for Pro.
See this link for more information:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p...buy/choosing.a
sp

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Jupiter Jones
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Please respond to newsgroup only for everyone's benefit.


"Mitchell" wrote in message
...
I've been reading the newsgroup over the last week
searching for help in reformatting my harddrive. I
found
the reference to the Clean Install

http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase...xp_sg_clean.as
p and tried to follow the instructions.

Here's the problem. I purchased a system with
WindowsME.
I was given a WindowsXP upgrade CD, which I used. I'm
now
trying to reformat my harddrive for various reasons. I
followed the instructions from the Clean Install
document
and noticed some differences early on. For instance, I
was not given the option to delete the current partition
or create other partitions. I would like to patitian
my 4
gig disk into two disks, both with XP.
Consequentially, I
was not given the option to reformat my hard drive.
Rather, the disk only permitted me to convert my system
from FAT32 to NTSF (may have that spelling wrong, but
I'm
sure you get the idea). I was then warned that
installing
multiple copies of Windows could cause problems. (No,
really? sorry, a little sarcasm)

Next, the first time I rebooted with the WindowsXP
Upgrade
disk, the system seemed to reboot from the CDROM.
However, now my system doesn't seem to recognize the
CDROM
as a proper source for booting from. I did ensure that
I
had an updated BIOS and I adjusted the boot order, but
now
the system doesn't recognize the CDROM as a viable boot
source. By the way, I never got any warning or
questions
about the status of my Upgrade CD as talked about in the
Clean Install document.

What I've decided to do is to create the bootable floppy
disks that have the files needed to recognize the CDROM
(the software to create these 4 disks was found on the
microsoft website...I don't have the file name right
now). I'm also going to go out and purchase a copy of
XP,
thought I'm not sure whether I should buy the HOME or
PROFESSIONAL edition. My plan is to then run new retail
version of XP and hopefully that will give me the option
to reformat my hard disk.

Does anyone have any insight into what I have
experienced? Also, any insight into my proposed
solution? Any recommendations as to whether XP-
Professional is worth the extra $100?

Thank you in advance for any advice.


--Mitchell


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