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dual boot question (XP/2k3)

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by sean.madge

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Im trying to install 2k3 server on my existing XP box for educational purposes.

I have XP on a SATA drive thats divided up into 3 partitions. What ive tried to do is install 2k3 on an IDE HDD which works fine, but i get no dual boot options. The only way i have been able to access the other OS is to switch the boot order between IDE & SATA/SCSI in my BIOS. I have also tried editing the boot.ini to no avail & i add drivers for the SATA controller on each install.

Thanks for any insight.

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by hal 9000

I know several students who are doing this and in every case they have always got a Dual Boot Option available when they are using 2 different HDD's to install upon.

Several are using internal IDE Caddies and changing to the different OS so that they don't run into any possible problems with the 2003 install being corrupted or not working quite right.

My guess would be that it's the version of 2003 that you are attempting to use I know that every version prior to the R2 release worked OK but I haven't as yet seen anyone attempt to install an R2 copy onto an existing XP computer. If it's R2 that is the problem your best bet would be to switch to internal Caddies for the drives and switch between them as required.

Or wipe the XP install then install the 2003 copy first and then install the XP copy as the second OS that should give you the ability to Dual Boot or you could use something like System Commander to setup your Own Dual Boot Option Independent of Windows.

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