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Posted by Wizzow on December 2nd, 2005


Hi i wonder about the new win xp pro x64.
I have the home version can i download and upgrade The win xp pro x64 and if
not working can i go back and install win home???

Posted by Alias on December 2nd, 2005


Wizzow wrote:

> Hi i wonder about the new win xp pro x64.
> I have the home version can i download and upgrade The win xp pro x64


No.

> and if
> not working can i go back and install win home???


No.

Alias

Posted by Tim Slattery on December 2nd, 2005


Wizzow <Wizzow@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Hi i wonder about the new win xp pro x64.
>I have the home version can i download and upgrade The win xp pro x64 and if
>not working can i go back and install win home???


The 64-bit versions of XP will only run on 64-bit hardware. There is
no free upgrade from 32-bit XP to 64-bit XP (since you'd have to buy
an entire new computer system to run it on anyway).

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Tim Slattery
MS MVP(DTS)
Slattery_T@bls.gov