Updating Perssario's from Home to Pro

[shmoes]

I just called HP and they told me there's no XP pro CD's available for thier A710N Models

I'm connecting my client to a domain which obviously XP home doesn't allow.

Normally I'd wipe a computer clean and reinstall, but i have a concern for drivers and such because HP only has a recovery CD ..

Should I be worried about just doing an upgrade?

~Shmoes

 

[vacunita]

My suggestion is go to the HP site, and download all the drivers for your model. Once you have them all burn them to a CD.
Once you have all drivers, its a matter of backing up any data you want, and then proceeding with the wipe, and clean install.

By the way, driver wise, XP home and Pro are exactly the same. All drivers that work for Home should work for Pro without any problems.


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Ignorance is not necessarily Bliss, case in point:
Unknown has caused an Unknown Error on Unknown and must be shutdown to prevent damage to Unknown.

 

[shmoes]

part of the lack of confidence I have in that is when I search the model # i get a database error off the HP website, as well it's not listed in the supported pavillions

*topic correction it's pavillion not perssario*

~Shmoes

 

[vacunita]

I managed to get into the driver download page. see if you can use it:

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareList?dlc=en&lc=en&product=431076&lang=en&cc=us&os=228

the other Option although it my not be available in your model PC.

Create a set of recovery discs or a recovery DVD
Some HP and Compaq computers have recovery CD creator software that can create a recovery disc set or DVD. To see if your computer has Recovery Creator software, click Start, All Programs, Hewlett-Packard or Compaq, and then HP Pavilion PC Tools or Compaq Presario PC Tools. Open the software and follow the on-screen directions to create the recovery discs. For more information, read the HP support document Creating Recovery CDs Using HP's Recovery CD Creator Software (in English).

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Ignorance is not necessarily Bliss, case in point:
Unknown has caused an Unknown Error on Unknown and must be shutdown to prevent damage to Unknown.

 

[linney]

Backup your data before you attempt an upgrade.

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http://www.driverguidetoolkit.com/

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