Re: Installing Windows Server "ON TOP" of XP Home

How much free space do you have?
You need 20% free space on C:.
I would resize C: and leave enough unpartitioned space to create another
partition.
If your hard drive is almost full, then you need to get another drive.

BootIt Next Generation ( http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/ ) is shareware,
not freeware, but it comes with a 30-day free trial, and you can do what
you want within that time.

Download, to its own folder, extract from the zip, run the bootitng to
make a boot floppy.

Boot the floppy, Cancel Install, entering maintenance, then click on
Partition work.

http://www.heffy.com/image.htm
Right click on Creating new Partitions, Save As, and save to your hard
drive.
This demonstrates the use of Bootit NG to redo a partition size and add 2
partitions.
You only need to add one partition, just skip adding the 5000 MB partition.
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Ron Sommer

<janefield2002@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1134485140.712503.250590@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Ron Sommer wrote:
>> What size is your current drive?
>> You have only one partition, C.
>
> 40GB - any thoughts
>
>
>> --
>> Ron Sommer
>>
>> <janefield2002@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:1134466848.609395.131760@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Hi, I have a version of XP Home (that I already use actively) running
>> > on C drive, but I do not have a partition, so there is no D driver. Now
>> > I need to test out some software that requires Windows Server (I think
>> > all server flavours are ok) and I want to be able to use this in the
>> > LEAST disruptive way.
>> >
>> > Can I simply install it on XP Home?
>> > Would Windows Advanced Server work? .. or would I need Windows Server
>> > 2003?
>> > Can I avoid formatting the hard disk and starting from scratch?
>> >
>> > Let me know.
>> >
>> > Thanks!
>> >
>


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