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Change OS from XP Media Center to XP Pro on Sony Vio System
LockedI currently have a manufacturer installed copy of XP media center on my computer & need to change it to XP Pro in order to run Avid editing software. When I boot from my licensed XP Pro disk, it does not recognize the key code as being valid(which it definately is). When I contacted Sony, I was told that I can not exchange xp media center for pro on a vaio & that I was out of luck & should by a new computer (thanks guys!).
So, I have tried…
1. Using Fdisk from a windows ME boot diskette to delete the exisitng partitions (thus removing xp media center os), repartitioning & formatting, & then trying xp pro boot disk. No luck, XP pro can not recognize the dos partitions made by fdisk. Ended up having to use Sony recovery disk to get media center os back on.
2. Deleting or reformating existing partitions through windows disk management tool. Nope. Option not available.
3. Creating a new partition so that I can have dual boot. Nope. Computer is currently comfigured with one big c: partition. Can’t be reduced with windows disk management tool.Has anyone successfully gone from XP Media Center to XP Pro? There’s some talk out in cyberland about how it might be done, but I havn’t read a success story.