Install Problem (Dual Boot)

[Guest]

Hello.,

I have two 400 GB Sata HDD, the disks are configured was Dynamic Disks, and
the volumes look like this:

Disk0 Drive C: (5GB/Boot Drive) ! Drive D: (10GB/WindowsXP) ! The rest of
the HDD are Stripped volumes with Disk1

Disk1 Drive E: (5GB/PageFile) ! Drive F: (10GB/?) ! The rest of the
HDD are Stripped volumes with Disk0

I want to install Windows Server 2003 on drive F:, but during the setup i
press F6 and install the Sata driver for the HDD's, and the setup only see
the drives C: and D:, how can i solve this problem?

I also did a install of windows server on a virtual machine and then use
sysprep on it and transfer the files to the drive f:, and change the boot.ini
to this:

[Operating Systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows Server 2003"
/noexecute=optin /fastdetect

And i get a Hardware Error

My question is how do i install Windows Server 2003 on Drive F:?

Thank You.,

Alex

 

[John John]

I'm not sure that you will be able to accomplish this, all I can say is
try it. Basically you have to "retain" (or create) a partition entry in
the MBR for the dynamic volume but I don't think that you can retain a
striped volume. Do a search on the internet or on microsoft.com for
"diskpart retain" and you will find the information that you need.

John

PS:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/reskit/c12621675.mspx

 

[Guest]

Please look at this pic:

http://pwp.netcabo.pt/0254453302/DiskManagement.gif

 

[John John]

That looks like a Simple Volume to me, you should be able to retain it
and install Windows XP to it. Give it a try and see what happens.

John

 

[Guest]

Hello.,

I solve the problem, i just creat a simple volume on disk0 and then i backup
the files from the other striped volumes and simple volumes to this backup
volume, i just leave the drive C (Boot Files) and D (Windows XP), then i
delete all volumes and convert disk1 back to basic, then i did two simple
volumes and install windows Server on drive F, and convert the disk back to
Dynamic, restoring files and folder to the way they where before....

From the link that you give me :

"...If a disk contains multiple copies of Windows XP Professional, Windows
2000, or Windows Server 2003
Do not convert a disk to dynamic if it contains multiple copies of Windows
XP Professional, Windows 2000, or Windows Server 2003. Even though these
operating systems support dynamic disks, they require certain registry
entries that allow them to start from dynamic disks. If the operating systems
are installed on the same disk and you use one of the operating systems to
convert the disk to dynamic, the registry of the other operating system
becomes out of date because the drivers required to start the operating
system from a dynamic disk are not loaded. Therefore, you can no longer start
the other operating system.

One way that you can use dynamic disks with Windows XP Professional, Windows
2000, and Windows Server 2003 in a multiple-boot configuration is to install
each operating system to a different disk. For example, install Windows 2000
on disk 1 and Windows XP Professional on disk 2. Use Windows 2000 to convert
disk 1 to dynamic, and then use Windows XP Professional to convert disk 2 to
dynamic. By using this method, you ensure that the registries are updated for
each operating system..."

Thanks.,

Alex




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[John John]

Thanks for the follow up, I appreciate your comments and sharing the
solution that worked for you. I'm just wondering though, being that you
already had a Simple (Dynamic) volume on disk 1 (F), couldn't you retain
that volume and install Server 2003 to it without undoing the disks as
you did? Did you try to retain the volume by using Diskpart.exe? I'm a
bit confused as to that part of the process and whether or not you tried
it. Once again thank you for the follow up, it helps us a lot when
users share the results of their efforts.

John

 

[Guest]

Hello.,

I just read that paper and the solution that I find that I know that will
work was this, because to convert a dynamic disc back to basic disk, we need
to back up and then delete all the volumes on the drive, and for the OS boot
and work on a dynamic disk the conversion must be done on the OS, so that he
have all correct registry keys and a correct reference on the MBR.

I did not see a correct explanation about DiskPart Retain and how it work on
my situation, on that text and I just go, for what I know that will do the
work and solve the problem.

Thanks.,

Alex