Dual Boot: NT4-TS and WinXP Pro

[emanon]

This is in the realm of strange . . .

I have inherited an old PowerEdge 6300 server where I work. The machine is
an unused NT4 box with Terminal Server. The main attraction to keeping this
machine is it is a quad processor box with lots of SCSI slots. For obscure
reasons (compamy policy), I may not be able wipe the drive.

First off, does an off the shelf version of XP Pro support quad processors?
Specifically, they are Pentium II 450 MHz processors. I know that's slow
these days, but we want this to become a dedicated file server for a
graphics workstation and a spare desktop.

Secondly, will I be able to dual boot so I can select XP Pro? I'm working to
convice my boss that TS is no longer used on our network nor by any
application we use, but you know the line "No reason, it's just company
policy" I may not be able to do a clean install if XP will even work.

Thanks for the help!

 

[Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)]

I have inherited an old PowerEdge 6300 server where I work. The machine is
an unused NT4 box with Terminal Server. The main attraction to keeping this
machine is it is a quad processor box with lots of SCSI slots. For obscure
reasons (compamy policy), I may not be able wipe the drive.

First off, does an off the shelf version of XP Pro support quad processors?

No, it support up to two phycical processors...

Specifically, they are Pentium II 450 MHz processors. I know that's slow
these days, but we want this to become a dedicated file server for a
graphics workstation and a spare desktop.

Secondly, will I be able to dual boot so I can select XP Pro?

How to Multiple Boot WinXP, Win2K, WinNT, Win95, Win98, WinMe,
and MSDOS
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;217210

Multibooting with Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/gettingstarted/multiboot.asp