How to Repair XP Home With an XP Pro Disc

Windows XP Home and Windows XP Professional are virtually identical, aside from a few cosmetic elements and the ways the operating systems work on networks. XP Pro, for example, supports domains and advanced networking while XP Home does not.

Because XP Pro contains all of the files that the XP Home contains, you may use the XP Pro disc to repair XP Home. Does this Spark an idea?

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Instructions

- 1
  
  Put your Windows XP Pro disc into your computer and restart the computer.
- 2
  
  Boot from the CD by pressing any key on the keyboard when you are prompted by the onscreen message.
- 3
  
  Press "Enter" at the "To setup Windows XP now" screen, press "F8" and then select your XP Home operating system.
- 4
  
  Press "R" to perform the repair installation.

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