Installing Windows 2003 Server - Enterprise Edition - on partitioned PC running Windows XP Pro and Office Pro in separate partition

As long as you have an empty partition, you can easily
install Windows Server 2003 by selecting "New Installation"
during the initial setup phase. After rebooting, you'll be
given a choice as to which partition you wish to install it on.
It is the same installation procedure as Windows XP.

Clean Install Windows XP
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Michael Stevens]

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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"Chris Bennett" <rugby1988@hotmail.com> wrote in message:
news:5881A926-8167-436B-AA35-D30E7F02EFF2@microsoft.com...

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| We want to install Windows 2003 Server Enterprise Edition into its own partition on a Dell 300 Server.
Windows XP Professional and Office Professional are running in a different partition as a PC platform for
guest users. The client has decided to use the server as a guest PC primarily until we complete a trial of
Windows 2003 Server. Based on the trial we may elect to dedicate a box as server and move the guest PC.
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| We're installding on a partitioned Dell 300SC Server. The server is running Windows XP Professional and
Office Professional as a PC platform in one of the partitions. The Windows 2003 Server documentation states
that we should receive an option to change drives when we insert the CD-ROM. Instead, we received a message
that it can not be installed because there is no upgrade to Windows 2003 Server from XP.
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| We do not want to upgrade. We do want a clean install of Windows 2003 Server in a separate partition.
Please direct me to where I can go to get coaching on addressing this issue and completing the trail.
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| NOTE: we have access to Partition Commander, a utility that purports to allow management and change to
partitions - outside Windows.
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| Thank you,
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| Chris Bennett
| Direct Line: 301.405.7854
| Wireless: 301.573.3092