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Installing XP after Windows Server 2003..

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amitskale Original post #1
Mar 23, 2008 at 8:37 PM
Hi Guys,

Has anybody tried to install win xp after windows server 2003? I have win server 2003 installed on my m/c and its running fine. But i want to install xp also as a dual boot os. It does not allow me to install xp from win server as win server is the latest os compared xp.

Is there any way to install xp after win sever 2003? I don't want to format and reinstall win server 2003 again.

Thanks and Regards,
Amit.
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legolas #2
Mar 23, 2008 at 9:59 PM
Yes, of course you can. go here. Its just tricky. Post back if you have doubts.
Vishal Gupta
Vishal Gupta #3
Mar 23, 2008 at 10:21 PM
Simply boot using XP CD and install it on other partition. It'll overwrite 2003 boot loader and you'll not be able to boot into 2003.

No worries, boot using 2003 Setup CD, enter into recovery console and provide following commands:

Code: 
fixboot
bootcfg /rebuild
It should work.
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amitskale #4
Mar 25, 2008 at 4:57 PM
Oh...I did not know that it's that easy. I'll give thisa try and post back the problems I face if any.

Thanks Vishal and others for sharing this info.

Surprisingly I googled for this bud could not find any satisfactory results on this. May be I am googling inefficiently.

Regards,
Amit.
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amitskale #5
Mar 25, 2008 at 11:12 PM
Hi guys,

I tried using fixboot from win server 2003 recovery console after installing xp. But I am not able to boot into Win Server 2003.

Can somebody help?

Regards,
Amit.
slugger
slugger #6
Mar 25, 2008 at 11:25 PM
how many HDDs do u have?
if u got 2 then u cud even install d OSes on partitions of each HDDs and then while bootin go to the BIOS and select HDD0 or HDD1 depending on which OS u wan 2 boot into
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amitskale #7
Mar 26, 2008 at 1:59 PM
slugger said:
how many HDDs do u have?
if u got 2 then u cud even install d OSes on partitions of each HDDs and then while bootin go to the BIOS and select HDD0 or HDD1 depending on which OS u wan 2 boot into
Click to expand...

I have only one harddisk. I have installed win server 2003 on C: and then installed xp on F:

Regards,
Amit.
Vishal Gupta
Vishal Gupta #8
Mar 26, 2008 at 2:40 PM
^^ Did you provide both commands? You have to provide "bootcfg /rebuild" too. It'll detect the installations and will ask you provide a label for them.