[dba-Tech] Dual boot Server 2003 X32 and x64

I'll be interested to hear how you get on, John.

I'm experimenting with Win XP x64 (which is the 2003 base) on my new
workstation (running Q9450, plus4GB+1TB RAID), and stumbling predictably
into some 64 vs 32 driver issues, mostly solved.  But I'm running out of
time to continue the experiment short-term, and need to move my workload
onto this work-hungry beast.  So I'm hoping to dual-boot a parallel x32 Win
XP installation, allowing me to experiment further in due course and migrate
if successful.

You are right about the Program Files folders - on an x64 system the 32-bit
stuff is put in the x86 PF folder.

What I am aware of is that you don't *upgrade* an x86 system to x64 - it's a
clean install - but I'm hoping the dual-boot will work for me too.

John


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Subject: [dba-Tech] Dual boot Server 2003 X32 and x64


Does anyone know if it is possible to dual boot the x32 and x64 version 
of windows 2k3?  My concern in doing so is that on the one server that I 
run 2k3 x64 on, there are two program file directories, one called 
Program Files the other called Program Files (x86).  It APPEARS that the 
(x86) directory is the 32 bit directory which would imply that the one 
without was the x64, though I have nothing more to base that on than the 
names of the directories inside of each Program Files directory.

I just got a 2nd Phenom quad core and want to convert a second system to 
quad core x64.  The EASIEST way would be to dual boot until I have 
everything I need running in x64 and then cut over.

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