waterst152 said:
I have a Unix server that I would like to reconfig with Windows
XP Pro. Is this possible?
<snip all answers which stated the previous OS did not matter - it is a
question of compatible hardware...>
Yes, the machine meets Windows XP requirements. I'd like to
reformat the disk and load my XP CD. Not sure how to do this.
Boot off your Windows XP Media and install like you would every other
machine. The fact that the machine currently has another OS on it has
little bearing on how you would perform a clean install. You still boot off
the Windows XP installation media, delete all the partitions (to get rid of
the previous OS files/etc), create a new partition, format it and install
Windows XP onto said partition.
You will need the drivers for said hardware - you will get those from the
manufacturer's support web pages (the hardware manufacturer that is.)
In other words - this is no different that performing a clean installation
of Windows XP onto any other machine - whether or not its hard disk drive
contained Windows 3.1/NT/9x/ME/2000/XP/2003/Vista, *nix, BeOS, OS X, etc.
If the hardware is Windows XP compatible and you can get the hardware
drivers for said hardware for Windows XP from the manufacturer of said
hardware - then you can install Windows XP cleanly by booting from the
media, wiping all prior information from the hard disk drive (or at least
one partition) and formatting/installing on said hard disk drive
(partition.)
