 Installing Windows Xp Pro, Without loosing files |
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 Oct 13 2004, 08:18 PM
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 Made with googly eyes  Group: Established Members Posts: 1,281 Joined: 9-April 03 Member No.: 240 Gender: Secret  |
My friend just got cable internet, after a long wait. Now we had talked and we were going to set his computer up as a server for a board, for a local geeky thing. The only problem with this is, he has windows xp home, and therefore no iis. My first solution was to try to use apache http server instead. But as it turns out I suck at learning apache. Also I using apache for windows is quite a bit different from on linux/unix, I think. I haven't used it on those, but from the instructions I got online it seemed a lot easier, since there are actually modules to do the things you need to do. Anyways, enough of that.
My final solution was to go to iis, and I got it set up fine on my computer, but my computer is at my house on a 56k. I need it on his computer, but he doesn't have it, so I ordered XP pro through my school a silly low price. Okay, easy enough, right? Just install it. Would be that simple except there are files on the computer he wants, and we are hoping to avoid having to burn all of them to cd before installing. Now We get down to the core question I have. Is it possible to partition the drive that's currently running windows and add a new blank one, and install xp pro on that, then copy the wanted files over and clear the old space, then unpartion it? Or is there another way to do this? |
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Oct 14 2004, 08:07 AM
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 Serpents hide behind your eyes Group: Established Members Posts: 373 Joined: 29-May 03 Member No.: 346 |
I'll talk you through a windows install of apache.
or a unix install: apache install or if you are insisting to install that buggy pos iis, then yes. it is possible to repartition the drive thats in to make a new partition for XP Pro, but i'd advise against it. I would advise a new drive... install xp pro... plug in your old drive copy what you want... and format the old one... -------------------- Today a young man on acid realized that all matter is mearly energy condensed through a slow vibration, we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, life is only a dream and we are the imaginations of ourselves. Here's Tom with the weather. - Bill Hicks |
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Oct 14 2004, 05:21 PM
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Made with googly eyes Group: Established Members Posts: 1,281 Joined: 9-April 03 Member No.: 240 Gender: Secret |
I had apache almost working before, php and all. I just couldn't figure out how to change the permissions for the files and folders to let Invision Boards install itself and run afterwords. And yes I know Apache is better, I only stopped using it because i couldn't figure stuff out. I would appreciate any help you could give me.
If we had another drive to do that there wouldn't have been much of a problem, but I'm trying to do this without spending any money. I was trying to find a way so that he wouldn't have to back up everything before hand, but that looks like it's not going to happen. I think I'm going to install XP pro on his computer anyways, just cause I've heard it's better. |
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Oct 31 2004, 03:23 PM
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I'm afraid I'm back. Group: Established Members Posts: 3,389 Joined: 23-September 04 From: Cambridge Member No.: 1,308 Gender: Male |
If you don't want to lose files, format it in FAT32. Sure, it's worse than NTFS, and crashes more, but... err...
I think the only word to suit this situation is 'meh'. -------------------- |
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Nov 1 2004, 03:05 PM
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Serpents hide behind your eyes Group: Established Members Posts: 373 Joined: 29-May 03 Member No.: 346 |
What would be the point of F32? He is dealing with two oprerating systems that can both work with, and indeed are native to, the NTFS filesystem.
As I said.. you /can/ repartition the drive to hold both versions of XP while you install XP Pro. I just advise against it. -------------------- Today a young man on acid realized that all matter is mearly energy condensed through a slow vibration, we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, life is only a dream and we are the imaginations of ourselves. Here's Tom with the weather. - Bill Hicks |
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Nov 1 2004, 06:50 PM
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Made with googly eyes Group: Established Members Posts: 1,281 Joined: 9-April 03 Member No.: 240 Gender: Secret |
Moot point now I suppose. We decided to just burn everything he wanted off of it, format and install XP pro.
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Nov 3 2004, 01:50 AM
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Has been kidnapped by gerbils and forced to post on here repeatedly Group: Validating Posts: 1,075 Joined: 13-July 03 Member No.: 451 Gender: Male |
hey oni, sorry to arrive too late on this one, but the other answer was to install ÍIS on XP Home cos as much as THE MAN says you can't, you most certainly can. It's actually quite easy as long as you have the i386 directory of your xp home cd and a copy of win2k pro or server cd. Instructions can be found HERE as but one example. I've done this 5 or 6 times and it works, oh yesh ...
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Nov 3 2004, 03:59 AM
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Made with googly eyes Group: Established Members Posts: 1,281 Joined: 9-April 03 Member No.: 240 Gender: Secret |
Yes, but he wants pro, anyways.
Interestingly, IIS wasn't installed and running by default on the version of xp Pro I used to reinstall. |
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