I just recently bought a new laptop running Vista. I know very little about The Vista O.S. I have created a new primary partition, formatted it, and copied the i386 files to it. When I try to run the wnnt32.exe it will not run. I followed this exact same strategy with Windows XP pro and it worked great. Whats the problem and solution/ Anyone know?
rhamilton1967 0 Newbie Poster
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Jump to PostThe problem is 2003 is older than Vista. You should install 2003 first in this dual boot configuration.
Jump to Postyeah you cant install server 2003 over vista as its older
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Laser 84 Posting Whiz
The problem is 2003 is older than Vista. You should install 2003 first in this dual boot configuration.
bobbyraw 16 Nearly a Posting Virtuoso
instead of copying the files to the partition. you should use the cd to bot then install on the new partition you created.
jbennet 1,618 Most Valuable Poster Team Colleague Featured Poster
yeah you cant install server 2003 over vista as its older
rhamilton1967 0 Newbie Poster
The problem is 2003 is older than Vista. You should install 2003 first in this dual boot configuration.
That sounds like good advice. The problem I may have is that if I clear Vista from the PC and install Server 2003 first. I only have a recovery disk that I made when I purchased the new laptop. As you know they dont sell new Pc`s anymore with the OS on a disk. Wouldn`t me using the recovery disk erase the copy of Server at that point?
Contact me at rhamilton1967@comcast.net if you want to discuss this in more detail.
jbennet 1,618 Most Valuable Poster Team Colleague Featured Poster
As you know they dont sell new Pc`s anymore with the OS on a disk
they do, you just go to the wrong manufacturers
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