Hi,


I am trying to INSTALL server 2003 on the same HD with XP Pro, I am using partition magic 8.0. to partition , I am not planning to use it as server , its just for school purposes so I dont want to get read of XP pro. when I install windows 2003 , I get a mssg RIGHT after it copies the installation FILES. ntoskrnl.exe is missing, I fixed that but now I get hal.dll is missing! I copied the file but still the same, Another thing that I dont get is the boot.ini file has the path for windows server like this: MULTI(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Windows Server 2003, Enterprise" /noexecute=optout /fastdetect. after I get rid of the noexecute=output still wont continue the installation.

any ideas?

thanksPartition Magic can cause problems. I have talked about it eralier and have some friend experienced it. Ok, after creating a partition with Partition Magic put the CD into CD ROM and make a clear format of the partition created by Partition Magic. Then try CLEAN install of 2003.I tried that too , but the same

thanks anayways