Re: Link to Install Windows Server 2003

Here it is again. Don't choose the "quick" format.

To do a clean install, boot the Windows 2003 Server install CD-Rom. Setup
inspects your computer's hardware configuration and then begins to install
the Setup and driver files. When the Windows 2003 Professional screen
appears, press ENTER to set up Windows 2003 Server.

(Note: If your drive controller is not natively supported then you'll want
to boot the Windows 2003 CD-Rom. Then *F6* very early and very important (at
setup is inspecting your system) in the setup to prevent drive controller
detection, and select S to specify additional drivers. Then later you'll be
prompted to insert the manufacturer supplied Windows 2003 driver for your
drive controller in drive "A")

Read the license agreement, and then press the F8 key to accept the terms of
the license agreement and continue the installation.

When the Windows 2003 Server Setup screen appears, all the existing
partitions and the unpartitioned spaces are listed for each physical hard
disk. Use the ARROW keys to select the partitions Press D to delete an
existing partition, If you press D to delete an existing partition, you must
then press L (or press ENTER, and then press L if it is the System
partition) to confirm that you want to delete the partition. Repeat this
step for each of the existing partitions When all the partitions are deleted
press F3 to exit setup, (to avoid unexpected drive letter assignments with
your new install) then restart the pc then when you get to this point in
setup again select the unpartitioned space, and then press C to create a new
partition and specify the size (if required). Windows will by default use
all available space.


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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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"ibeetb" <tb20169@xxxxxxx> wrote:
| That is my problem. I previously tried to instll Win Server 2003 on a
| machine which had XP. Now when I put the CD in and boot up, it asks me to
| choose Win Server 2003 Setup OR Windows XP (which is already setup). When
I
| choose Windows server 2003 all sorts of bad things now happen. It tells me
| ntoskrnl.exe is missing or corrupted. What I need to do in UNINSTALL the
win
| server 2003 setup and start all over because it has obviously become
| corrupted. Then I need to proceed to install Win Srvr 2003 overwriting the
| Win XP OS


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