Yes and no... Windows XP came out with more then one version. The XP versions are Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional and Windows XP Home 64bit Windows XP Professional 64 bit, Windows XP...
Yes. Any System that's capable of running windows xp home edition can basicall run xp pro. What you need to do is not different from what was done at the time of loading windows xp home edition......
Put in your Windows XP CD and boot the system to start the installation. The OS will search for an existing copy, when it finds it, delete the partition. (please make sure you have all the info off...
The simple answer is both are based on similar code base, but one is made for business (W2k), and the other for main stream (XP). Windows XP SP2 AND WINDOWS 2000 SP4 are the standard minimum versions...