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by gawwa

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I installed an evaluation copy of server 2003 to practise for the course im currently doing, unfornately i deleted Xp in the process..
I now want to re-install XP as i need dual boot ( XP and server).I cant seem to do it, when i run my XP CD, the installation bit is greyed-out. I ve tried to uninstall server 2003 , but it is not allowed me either

Anyone know a way around this problem.
Desperately need some help....cheers

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by Former member

Follow this:

Repair Install
If XP is corrupted to the point where none of the previous solutions get it to boot,
you can do a Repair Install that might work as well as keep the current settings.
Make sure you have your valid WindowsXP key.
The whole process takes about half an hour depending on your computer
If you are being prompted for the administrator's password, you need to choose the 2nd repair option, not the first.
1.Insert and boot from your WindowsXP CD
2.At the second R=Repair option, press the R key
3.This will start the repair
4.Press F8 for I Agree at the Licensing Agreement
5.Press R when the directory where WindowsXP is installed is shown. Typically this is C:\WINDOWS
6.It will then check the C: drive and start copying files
7.It will automatically reboot when needed. Keep the CD in the drive.
8.You will then see the graphic part of the repair that is like during a normal install of XP (Collecting Information, Dynamic Update, Preparing Installation, Installing Windows, Finalizing Installation)
9.When prompted, click on the Next button
10.When prompted, enter your XP key
11.Normally you will want to keep the same Workgroup or Domain name
12.The computer will reboot
13.Then you will have the same screens as a normal XP Install
14.Activate if you want (usually a good idea)
15.Register if you want (but not necessary)
16.Finish
17.At this point you should be able to log in with any existing accounts.

Please post back if you have any more problems or questions.
If this information is useful, please mark as helpful. Thanks.

by gawwa

Hi peconet, Thanks for ur prompt reply, may be i didnt make myself clear enough
here is my problem again..

server2003 is currently the only OS running, Xp was erased.And i cant install Xp when i login to server2003. The install option is greyed out.
so i want to either be able to re-install Xp or simply uninstall server2003 and then reinstall both properly

by bart777

The only choice you have is to actually boot from the CD to reinstall XP.

Now depending on how you want to do it you could format the drives and start fresh or you could do the Dual-boot. That's up to you.

Put in the CD and start the install process. If the machine doesn'r boot from the CD you may need to change the BIOS so that the boot order allows the CD first.

Best of luck.

by oh smeg

To the same Partition as XP. You [b]Can Not[/b] have different Versions of Windows well at least it's not recommended on the same Partition and you certainly [b][Can Not[/b] have 2 or more different Versions of Windows in the Same Folder. While =it is technically possible to install different Versions of Windows to the Same Partition but into different Folders this is highly dangerous and is very likely to produce a Unstable system that fails a lot if it even runs at all with both OS's.

What I think happened here was when you installed 2003 you installed it over XP deleting XP along the way. Now when you attempt to Install XP again it is seeing a full HDD/Partition with no room for it to be installed and is falling over at this point.

You need to resize the HDD and create unused Space to install XP to or if you can fit another HDD to install XP to. You can use a Partition Utility to Resize the 2003 Partition or you can use a Wiping Utility like Boot & Nuke to wipe the HDD and start from scratch.

http://www.dban.org/

No matter what you need to create 2 Partitions of roughly the same size if you have a small HDD or set aside enough room to run the Server Application on and leave the rest for XP depending on what it is you are actually doing here.

When you have decided what it is you need to do install XP to the Primary Partition as I'm assuming that you will want to keep it on this computer and install 2003 to the Second Partition after installing XP.

if you resize the 2003 Partition and then install XP to the freeded up space when you delete 2003 you will most likely be unable to boot into XP again as the initial Files required to boot the system will have been wiped along with 2003 on the Primary HDD Partition.

Col

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