Re: upgrade from windows xp to windows 2003 problem

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On 19/12/2005 "kds" <sampat.kalpesh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>i want to install windows 2003 on my existing installation of windows
>xp please tell me that how should i will ba able to do the upgrade as
>if i install windows 2003 on new partition i will not be able to get
>all my programs and sotwares under windows 2003 which r currently in
>windows xp.
>
>
>regards
>-kds
>

If you are not planning to be running a Windows Server, there is no benefits
of installing Windows Server 2003 (it is not Windows 2003!)

You can not "upgrade" a single user Windows XP to a multi-user Windows Server!
Only way is to "erase" everything and start over.

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