>Is your copy of XP home a legitimate copy? What i mean is, did you pay for it and >install it on only one system?

Yep, the HP came with the OEM pre-installed.
The older puter (Compaq) which I made dual-bott with the Pro is an OEM with Win98.

>not notice any difference between the two operating systems.

The Pro does have the backup function which the Home lacks.
And it's just curiosity, but maybe with some purpose. The HP did not come with a restore disk unlike the Compaq so should the Home OEM ever become kaput, a re-install may not work without the restore disk. The HP does have a hidden parition in the C drive which I assume has the cabs there to reinstall but should I be at that point, I may just opt to install from the Pro disk which is bootable. So I wanted to check around the Pro.

> read the pinned topic on Windows XP for more info.

Will do.

>I'm sorry if my post seems a little dismissive of your question

Not at all.
Thanks to you and all who have replied.