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Originally Posted by apocalyptic
What you really want to do? Install Vista and Server2003/Xp both? Or only Vista?
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I thought this:
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Was wondering I have 2 hard drives 1 with server 2003 installed and the other with windows Vista which I plan on installing xp over it tonight because I can't stand vista but that is another story.
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was self-explanatory, but eh.
Anyway, arse, it should be very easy. Burn an image of Gparted to a CD and boot from it. Delete the partition on the Vista drive from that CD to ensure a 'clean' format, but don't format it at this point. Connect both HDDs to the MoBo; put the future-XP Drive as Master and the WS2003 as Slave (or SATA0, SATA1, respectively), and also change the boot order in BIOS so the future-XP Drive would be the primary.
Exit Gparted, replace the CD with Windows Setup, and boot from it. You'll see a list of both HDD's during the partition/format stage. The Drive XP is being installed to will read as Unpartitioned Space, so that's the one you'll work with - don't touch the other area. Set up the partitions on the XP Drive how you'd like (all the instructions are on the screen for you - it's very easy). Once you choose to install, let it do it's thing. When all is said and done, It should auto-detect WS2003 and create a prompt to boot to it after POST.
Word of caution if you've never reinstalled before: you only need to boot to the Setup CD the first time. During Setup, the system will reboot a few times and after POST you'll see the 'Boot from CD' prompt again, but don't youch anything - you'll start from the beginning if you do. Just let it run - it's knows what it's doing.