michkal wrote:

> I just purchased a laptop with XP Media Center Edition. When I placed
> the order for my laptop I forgot to order it with XP Pro installed, so
> I purchased the XP Pro disk afterwards from the manufacturer.
>
> I started the XP Pro upgrade from within XP Media Center Edition on
> the
> laptop. After the upgrade collected initial configuration information
> it started the uprade, rebooted, and continued the upgrade to XP Pro
> from the
> booted CD. The upgrade started to prompt me to insert the XP Pro CD2
> for
> additional files that it needed. Problem is, there is only one CD for
> the installation.
>
> Is it possible to upgrade to XP Pro from XP Media Center Edition, and
> if so, what is the best way to proceed without having to do a new
> install resulting in overwriting the software applications that were
> already installed?
>
> Luckily I made an image of the drive before attempting the XP Pro
> upgrade and copied it back on the laptop so I can try this again.

The Media Center-to-Pro is not an upgrade; it is a downgrade since Media
Center is a *super*set of XP Pro. You will need to do a clean install
and yes, this means reinstalling programs and drivers from installation
media and restoring data from backups. There is no other way.

Malke
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