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[DoctorBeny]

Well installation... I mean. I was trying to upgrade. Had XP home. Bought the XP pro and XP x64 at school. I upgraded the home to Pro, but somehow I jackasssed around and ended up with two OS installed. Can I not upgrade the XP pro now to the x64? I don't know what the hell I am doing on this one.

[sirmzereigMix]

XP home came with the PC. The other two discs are full OS discs.

I do get the choice of which OS when I reboot. Will having two OS on my pc cause problems?

I wanted to just have the one so that all of my "stuff" will be there ie. Office 2003 and other applications.

As it is now, the x64 OS is at the brand new start point with nothing installed.

I am a complete novice to the 32 vs 64 bit world.

Thanks so much for replying.

[tropicana]

I'm not sure, but I think you need to do a fresh install with xp64.
I don't know for sure.

Also, you need a 64 bit cpu. but i'll assume you knew that.

[Xiciljed]

I'm not sure, but I think you need to do a fresh install with xp64.
I don't know for sure.

Also, you need a 64 bit cpu. but i'll assume you knew that.

[logpogingg]

2 OS on your PC will only consume disk space. Only the OS you choose when you boot will be resident. What I don't know, "Is there an Office 200x for 64-bit?" There are also some 32-bit apps that get "unspecified results" when running on a 64-bit PC.

[Amerworma]

2 OS on your PC will only consume disk space. Only the OS you choose when you boot will be resident. What I don't know, "Is there an Office 200x for 64-bit?" There are also some 32-bit apps that get "unspecified results" when running on a 64-bit PC.

[fruttomma]

First and foremost, as Vendetta said, you will need a 64 bit processor to run XP Pro 64.

Dual-booting operating systems is completely normal, however two versions of Windows XP is a bit redundant. This would be more practical if you were a user of both Windows and Linux. There is nothing wrong with having both on your computer, except, as techsan said, a large waste of disk space.

You said XP Home came installed on the computer when you purchased it. Did you receive a set of recovery disks, program installation CDs, drivers, etc. with your computer purchase?

I am not a big fan of upgrading Windows-based operating systems. I have never seen this work as smoothly as a fresh install. However, if you do a clean install, you will need to make sure you have all the additional software and drivers required to configure your computer to be similar to its current state.

Alternatively, you could upgrade your Home to Pro, and use disk tools to delete the other Pro partition.

If you have your software installation CDs, a clean install is the best way to go. Upgrading may put you at risk for big headaches down the road.

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[Vodonaeva]

It is such a delight to see one poodle helping another poodle. This is so much better and real than a cartoon

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[VDAu5p33]

What it sounds like has happened, although there may be another explanation, is that you have two separate partitions on your hard drive. This means that your hard drive has been 'virtually' divided into two drives. There is an area of your hard drive called the Master Boot Record which tells the computer how to boot, and runs the boot loader for your various partitions and operating systems. I do not have much experiece dual booting XP, so my knowledge here is limited. However, if it is similar to how it works elsewhere, you can use a utility such as fdisk or a graphical program to delete the Pro partition, and then expand the Home partition to then take up the entire disk. This will remove Pro entirely, and allow you to upgrade Home to Pro 64 or do a clean install of Pro 64.

[duawLauff]

You can remove the x64 software by going to "Control Panel" and opening "Add/Delete Hardware/Software". When you open this a list will appear of the software on your PC. Find the Windows or Microsoft software labeled for the 64-bit, click on it, then click on add/remove. You will have an option to remove or to quit and not remove. Be sure and create a "checkpoint" in "System Tools" before you do this.

[AndyColemants]

You can remove the x64 software by going to "Control Panel" and opening "Add/Delete Hardware/Software". When you open this a list will appear of the software on your PC. Find the Windows or Microsoft software labeled for the 64-bit, click on it, then click on add/remove. You will have an option to remove or to quit and not remove. Be sure and create a "checkpoint" in "System Tools" before you do this.