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Old September 28th, 2004 Top | #1
 
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i just got a copy of windows server 2003 standard but it wont boot from dos, i am currently using winXP and want to format the hdd then do a clean install of 2003 i am on the NTFS file system any ideas why it wont work or how i can get around it

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You mean boot from the CD?

Would presume that your bios is set to read HDD0 before CDROM so is loading the operating system before removable media... or your copy of the CD was a file copy and did not include the boot files.

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;325879
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Right, you should be able to boot from the CD and then format the HD from inside the Win2003 installation/setup. In doing so, it will warn you that you're formatting a partition that already includes an existing version of windows, just tell it ok and go on with it. Otherwise, it will try and install 2003 server in a dual boot configuration.
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ya, you cant run Windows 2000, XP, 2003 from DOS. You have to boot from the CD.
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