Installing Windows Server 2003 on a PC with WindowsXP - He..

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I want to install Windows Server 2003 operating system on a machine with
Windows xp . I have been advised, by various people, to do one of the
following
a) Install it over Windows XP (after backing up the hard drive) .
b) Partition the drive (after backing up the hard drive) and installing it
in the new partition.
c) Install it on an external drive.

I have only got the 180 day evaluation copy of Windows Server 2003 so I need
to move fairly quickly on this. So which option should it be?

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Partition the drive and install it to the new partition. You'll wind up with a dual boot scenario.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp [...] iboot.mspx

The steps are the same to install Server 2003, run setup from within XP.

To non-destructively repartition your drive, you'll need a utility like Partition Magic or BootIt Next Generation.

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"Mike, Liverpool" <Mike, Liverpool@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:51FA7BE2-E00F-451E-B9FB-3ED1F494AD02@microsoft.com...
>I want to install Windows Server 2003 operating system on a machine with
> Windows xp . I have been advised, by various people, to do one of the
> following
> a) Install it over Windows XP (after backing up the hard drive) .
> b) Partition the drive (after backing up the hard drive) and installing it
> in the new partition.
> c) Install it on an external drive.
>
> I have only got the 180 day evaluation copy of Windows Server 2003 so I need
> to move fairly quickly on this. So which option should it be?
>

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"Mike, Liverpool" <Mike, Liverpool@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:51FA7BE2-E00F-451E-B9FB-3ED1F494AD02@microsoft.com...
|I want to install Windows Server 2003 operating system on a machine
with
| Windows xp . I have been advised, by various people, to do one of the
| following
| a) Install it over Windows XP (after backing up the hard drive) .
| b) Partition the drive (after backing up the hard drive) and
installing it
| in the new partition.
| c) Install it on an external drive.
|
| I have only got the 180 day evaluation copy of Windows Server 2003 so
I need
| to move fairly quickly on this. So which option should it be?

The safest, especially with a trial version would be to clean up and
remove
the HDD with WindowsXP. Then install Windows2003Server on a different
drive.