Dual Booting Windows XP & server 2003

[Tamer Amr]

Hi,

After installing windows XP on one partition, and windows
server 2003 on another partition.... what should a person
do in regards to software....

do i need to install the same software once for windows
xp and another time for windows server 2003?

do i place them in the same folder or do they need thier
own folder or partition for that matter?

Is there a way to install a software once so both OS can
use it?

Is there anything i should take into consideration before
trying to setup the dual boot between these two OS, since
i never did it between these two... first time installing
windows server 2003

 

[D.Currie]

Hi,

After installing windows XP on one partition, and windows
server 2003 on another partition.... what should a person
do in regards to software....

do i need to install the same software once for windows
xp and another time for windows server 2003?

yes.


do i place them in the same folder or do they need thier
own folder or partition for that matter?

You're going to put the OSs in different partitions, I'd suggest keeping the
software separate as well.

 

[Pegasus]

Hi,

After installing windows XP on one partition, and windows
server 2003 on another partition.... what should a person
do in regards to software....

do i need to install the same software once for windows
xp and another time for windows server 2003?

do i place them in the same folder or do they need thier
own folder or partition for that matter?

Is there a way to install a software once so both OS can
use it?

Is there anything i should take into consideration before
trying to setup the dual boot between these two OS, since
i never did it between these two... first time installing
windows server 2003

The best, most flexible and most robust way of installing
two OSs on the same machine is to use a third-party
boot manager, e.g. XOSL. It lets you hide partitions from
each other so that each OS runs in its very own drive C:.
This technique neatly overcoms the common complaint
from multi-booters: Six months after they installed their
second OS on drive D:, they no longer need the original
OS and they wish to run the second OS on drive C:. Not
possible, unless it was installed on C: in the first place.