Windows XP SP2 DSP

[Guest Ian D Samson]

This isn't really a Windows 2000 Pro support call, so the engineers

can't charge me R249+VAT just to ask a question about Windows XP

Professional DSP - whatever DSP means.

 

At the end of March 2008, I will be needing to purchase 2 Windows XP

Professional CDs to upgrade firstly my Windows 2000 Professional SP4

computer, and secondly my Windows XP Home computer, so that we are all

on the same page.

 

What I need to know is what my software supplier cannot tell me. That

is, if I purchase two Windows XP Professional CDs, will I have to

reformat the hard drives in both machines? Since Windows 2000 Pro SP4

is already NTFS and Windows XP Home is also NTFS, surely installing XP

Professional over 2KProSP4 and XP Home will only update the system

files? Since the main drive in my W2K Pro SP4 machine is a 300GB disk,

I am very hesitant to have to reformat it just to accommodate some

quirk of XP Pro.

 

Advice please.

[Guest John John]

Re: Windows XP SP2 DSP

 

Ian D Samson wrote:

> This isn't really a Windows 2000 Pro support call, so the engineers

> can't charge me R249+VAT just to ask a question about Windows XP

> Professional DSP - whatever DSP means.

>

> At the end of March 2008, I will be needing to purchase 2 Windows XP

> Professional CDs to upgrade firstly my Windows 2000 Professional SP4

> computer, and secondly my Windows XP Home computer, so that we are all

> on the same page.

>

> What I need to know is what my software supplier cannot tell me. That

> is, if I purchase two Windows XP Professional CDs, will I have to

> reformat the hard drives in both machines? Since Windows 2000 Pro SP4

> is already NTFS and Windows XP Home is also NTFS, surely installing XP

> Professional over 2KProSP4 and XP Home will only update the system

> files? Since the main drive in my W2K Pro SP4 machine is a 300GB disk,

> I am very hesitant to have to reformat it just to accommodate some

> quirk of XP Pro.

>

> Advice please.

 

No, you won't have to reformat your drives, both of the operating

systems that you mention are valid upgrade paths to Windows XP Pro.

Secondly, the file system doesn't really matter, the operating systems

could be of FAT32 and they could still be upgraded while maintaining

their current file systems.

 

John

[Guest Colon Terminus]

Re: Windows XP SP2 DSP

 

 

"Ian D Samson" <iansamson3@gmail.com> wrote in message

news:7aa5bae0-c1bb-490f-b915-eab046b46d4f@e10g2000prf.googlegroups.com...

> This isn't really a Windows 2000 Pro support call, so the engineers

> can't charge me R249+VAT just to ask a question about Windows XP

> Professional DSP - whatever DSP means.

>

> At the end of March 2008, I will be needing to purchase 2 Windows XP

> Professional CDs to upgrade firstly my Windows 2000 Professional SP4

> computer, and secondly my Windows XP Home computer, so that we are all

> on the same page.

>

> What I need to know is what my software supplier cannot tell me. That

> is, if I purchase two Windows XP Professional CDs, will I have to

> reformat the hard drives in both machines? Since Windows 2000 Pro SP4

> is already NTFS and Windows XP Home is also NTFS, surely installing XP

> Professional over 2KProSP4 and XP Home will only update the system

> files? Since the main drive in my W2K Pro SP4 machine is a 300GB disk,

> I am very hesitant to have to reformat it just to accommodate some

> quirk of XP Pro.

>

> Advice please.

 

No problem, as long as you purchase an upgrade verson of XP.

Immediately after the upgrade on the 300GB disk, be sure to run the BigLBA

registry hack.

Not doing so WILL result in disk corruption.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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