How to upgrade to XP pro from XP Home desktop?

I have Windows XP Home edition on my desktop.  How to install XP Professional on a CD that I bought?  First of all, can I remove Windows XP Home edition?  I use this desktop computer for my business.

* original title - I have Windows XP Home edition on my desktop.  How to install XP Professional on a CD?  Can I delete Windows XP Home edition first? *

If you can easily backup all the data and that you have all install disks for all the applications/drivers/etc and then do a clean install is a good option. It will give you a good system of fees as well as a copy that is not cluttered with Windows. especially if you have had this system for several years.

However, if you don't want to do this, you can in some cases, run the Pro setup from your copy running of the House and you will get an option to upgrade. Several times, it won't work and you will get a warning that the existing copy of Windows is "newer" than the disk - that is, that you have patched home to SP3 disk Pro is only SP2.

There are a few ways around this, in which case you can always improve or you could dual-boot system with Home and Pro - make sure you have all this work with Pro, all the files backed up, etc., then remove the House one. Each of these methods depends on your level of competence and comfort with the PC.

Simple thing would be to try the inplace upgrade, but I would still recommend to back up all the important files.

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