-pops- Posted October 19, 2004 Report Share Posted October 19, 2004 I recall seeing questions about dual booting XP Home and xP Professional. I can't see why anyone should want to do this but, I've just seen the following which gives instructions how to do it.If you want to be able to boot into both XP Home Edition and XP Professional, you can install both operating systems on the same computer in a dual boot configuration. You have to install Pro into a different folder (preferably on a different partition) than Home. However, some folks have complained that when they tried to install Pro, they weren't prompted for a location, and the Setup program went ahead and installed Pro over Home. The problem is that they selected the Express Setup option. To install Pro to a separate folder, you have to use Advanced Setup. Here's how: Boot into XP Home. Put the XP installation CD for XP Pro into the CD or DVD drive. When the Setup wizard runs, on the Welcome to Windows XP page, select Install Windows XP. On the Welcome to Setup page, select New Installation (Advanced). Click Next. On the next page, click I accept this agreement and click Next. In the Product key box, enter your CD key. Click Next. On the Setup Options page, click Advanced Options. In the To this folder on my hard drive field, enter the path of the folder where you want to install XP Pro. Click OK. Click Next and continue with the installation process.From Win XP News Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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