Server 2003 Trial. How To Set UP?

jdog29

Hey all, I am ready to learn Server 2003. I have begun the trial download. I will back up all important data firtst. My question is I have XP Pro now on my machine, can it dual boot, where I can choose to load Server 2003 at startup. Do I need to do a clean install and wipe XP, will I run into any conflicts. Maybe put Server 2003 on a different partition or something. Just looking for some advice on how to go about doing this. I just want to tinker with and learn server 2003 for tests 290-291.

Thanks for all your input and help guys.

JDog29

Ricka182

I would recco using a not just a seperate partition, but a seperate disk. Then you can choose which disk to boot off, depending on which OS you want to use.

neo468

I would agree, dual boot would be better with 2 physical hard drives in this case