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O.P. 2 quick questions, need answered
i bought a computer that already had a os installed (win xp home)

1) and i wanna know how can i install win xp pro, cuz i tryed but a message saying the version of windows on the disc is older tht the version installed.

2) if i get a new video card put in, and for some reason i need to format my computer will it be reconized and automatically use the new card or will i have to  set it up?


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p.s. and how can i find out if my current video card is a AGP GPU or PCI?
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i bought a computer that already had a os installed (win xp home)

1) and i wanna know how can i install win xp pro, cuz i tryed but a message saying the version of windows on the disc is older tht the version installed.
Yes you can install WinXP Pro over a Windows XP Home Edition one (and it will upgrade, preserving your all current settings.) Make sure you get correct CD (for example, a SP2-equipped XP Pro, instead of the original XP Pro or SP1-equppied XP Pro, can be installed over a SP2-equipped XP Home Edition)
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2) if i get a new video card put in, and for some reason i need to format my computer will it be reconized and automatically use the new card or will i have to  set it up?
Depends on what chipset :p Usually it will be recognized, but (if your card is too new) until you install the drivers you can't fully enjoy the card.
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p.s. and how can i find out if my current video card is a AGP GPU or PCI?

Get the manual :P Well, you can determine by its pin... an AGP card usually has two or three parts of pins, all of which are about equal size. A PCI card usually consists of two parts of pins and one of them is much shorter than the other. :) Well it's rather hard to describe in text so perhaps you can search for "AGP cards" and "PCI cards" in Google Images.

Btw, do you mean "PCI-e" or "PCI" ? :S


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i bought a computer that already had a os installed (win xp home)

1) and i wanna know how can i install win xp pro, cuz i tryed but a message saying the version of windows on the disc is older tht the version installed.
Yes you can install WinXP Pro over a Windows XP Home Edition one (and it will upgrade, preserving your all current settings. Make sure you get correct CD (for example, a SP2-equipped XP Pro, instead of the original XP Pro or SP1-equppied XP Pro, can be installed over a SP2-equipped XP Home Edition)



so  if my win xp pro isn't packed with sp2, then i can't?
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No...I don't think you can :)
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No...I don't think you can :)

unless he reformats, that is ;)
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Well, if he wants to reformat his computer, of course, he can install it...but if he wants to upgrade it (which actually I don't recommend*), he can't install the xp pro unless he slipstream SP2 in it. (You can use nLite if manual slipstreaming is not of your interest. ;))


*The reason why I don't recommend it is that, from my experience, it's always slowed down my computer... only for your information ;)

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Well, if he wants to reformat his computer, of course, he can install it...but if he wants to upgrade it (which actually I don't recommend), he can't install the xp pro unless he slipstream SP2 in it. (You can use nLite if manual slipstreaming is not of your interest. ;))


i got a sp2 disk sent to me by microsoft.
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Well, if he wants to reformat his computer, of course, he can install it...but if he wants to upgrade it (which actually I don't recommend*), he can't install the xp pro unless he slipstream SP2 in it. (You can use nLite if manual slipstreaming is not of your interest. ;))


*The reason why I don't recommend it is that, from my experience, it's always slowed down my computer... only for your information ;)

but is it safe to install a different version of windows on a computer that had win xp home on it as the default os?
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Yes it is safe, as far as you've got at least one other partition on your HDD. However, if one of the OS'es is of no use, it's a waste of Harddisk space :p
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Yes it is safe, as far as you've got at least one other partition on your HDD. However, if one of the OS'es is of no use, it's a waste of Harddisk space :p

on my computer i have a d: that is a Recovery (6.6gb)
and a c: that is my main drive (180gb)
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