Upgrading XP Home to XP Professional in Boot Camp

I recently tried to upgrade my Windows XP Home to Windows XP Professional. After restarting, I got a stop error. 0x000000ED. Has anyone else encountered this same problem? If so, how did you fix it?

Did the original poster manage to overcome this issue?
I need to run XP Professional for some consulting work. I've been running XP Home for a year or two now and it's been rock solid. If XP won't upgrade to Pro on my MBP I'd have to shell out for a fresh install.
So, any updates?
Also is this a unanimous issue or have people actually managed to complete the upgrade?

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