Each Windows operating system must be installed on
a separate drive or partition.

How To Create a Multiple-Boot System in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default...&Product=winxp

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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"Edward Low" wrote:

| Hi,
| I am planing to insall win xp pro and win 2003 server on the same PC. Can
| this be done? what are the best pratice and advise for this?
|
| Thanks & Regards,
|
| Edward

Hi Edward,

As Carey has mentioned, this is certainly possible, you just need to install
each on its own partition. The down side to this is that you need to reboot
to switch systems, and you cannot use both simultaneously. However, there is
an alternate solution that allows you to use both: Virtual PC - there is one
from Microsoft, and there are plenty of others. Using one of these, you
install the host system (either XP or Server 2003, it doesn't matter), then
install the virtual pc and create an installation for any other OS you like
(not just Windows, but most iterations of Linux as well). You can run both
simultaneously and easily switch between them without shutting down. My only
recommendation is that you have *plenty* of ram, and I mean at least a gig
at a minimum.

Virtual PC www.microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc/default.mspx
VMWare www.vmware.com/

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Edward Low" <wc_low@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> I am planing to insall win xp pro and win 2003 server on the same PC. Can
> this be done? what are the best pratice and advise for this?
>
> Thanks & Regards,
>
> Edward
>

Not unless you fix your clock.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:eR817ai9FHA.2192@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl,
Edward Low <wc_low@hotmail.com> hunted and pecked:
> Hi,
> I am planing to insall win xp pro and win 2003 server on the same PC. Can
> this be done? what are the best pratice and advise for this?
>
> Thanks & Regards,
>
> Edward

Hi,
I am planing to insall win xp pro and win 2003 server on the same PC. Can
this be done? what are the best pratice and advise for this?

Thanks & Regards,

Edward

if you got >512mb Ram its better to use VM, otherwise you need to install
them seperatly on different partitions.
Thanks

"Edward Low" wrote:

> Hi,
> I am planing to insall win xp pro and win 2003 server on the same PC. Can
> this be done? what are the best pratice and advise for this?
>
> Thanks & Regards,
>
> Edward
>
>
>