"I reinstalled XP Home". That's not really true. You had XP Professional, and you installed (not reinstalled) another OS (XP Home) NEXT to it. So now you've got to OS'es. That's quite legitimate. It's called a dual boot system. It's not clear why you didn't chose to reinstall the current (original) XP PRO OVER the existing OS, but obviously you did.
When you are logged in into XP Home, your XP Professional drive should be available under another drive letter in My Computer, presumably d: in stead of c:. Are they? Can you see them? Can you open them?
Now for saving the files: log in into the old XP Prof and copy them to an external hard disk or burn them to DVD or copy them to a USB-stick. Your choice, depending on how much data it is and what hardware you have.
Once that's done and they are VERY safe, come back here for the next step.
Kees
hp pavilion dv1000 notebook with XP Professional 2002 service pack 3
Intel Pentium 1.73GHz, 0.99 GB of RAM
I reinstalled XP Home edition SP 2, and now I have the option of entering either of the two OS.
XP Home is fine, with internet but no access to my files of XP professional.
XP professional - Paste is disabled for all the files, no access to Internet, if I create a new connection the icon does not appear, in User Accounts the window is blank. Also I cannot see the open windows in the taskbar and the Language bar appears in the left side, next to Start.
I want to save my files and format the laptop but I dont know how. I was told I could use FTP but I need the Internet connection.
Please, any suggestions will be appreciate.
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