Hello,
My work just got Windows 2003 server. I asked them can I put it on one of our test box machines to see how it works and I was given the OK. Now I erased the entire hard drive and put the CD in and hit the reset switch. It detected that I had a CD-Rom but it didn't come up with the normal "hit any key to install........." message. I put the CD in my workstation and it popped up w/ the windows 2003 menu and asked would i like to install. So i figured maybe it was an upgrade cd even though i didn't see that it said upgrade anywhere. So i put my windows 2000 server cd in the computer and it loaded fine and right after the install, i put in the windows 2003 server cd. I told it to install from windows 2000 server and then asked for my cd key. i put it in and then it asked me if i would like to upgrade or make a new install.... WHAT? so I told it to do a new install and it copied stuff to my hard drive and then it rebooted. it then said i can either go into windows 2000 or windows 2003. so i selected the second one and it did a regular install as if i put the CD in the drive. same dos like setup function and the only problem was i couldn't delete the drive because the temporary files were on it. Now... i have a million hard drives and CD's and stuff. is there any way shape or form that someone can help me do a regular clean install of windows 2003 w/o needing another operating system on this machine. does anyone now what ind of CD I got? It just says Windows 2003 Server Standard.
Thank you!
My work just got Windows 2003 server. I asked them can I put it on one of our test box machines to see how it works and I was given the OK. Now I erased the entire hard drive and put the CD in and hit the reset switch. It detected that I had a CD-Rom but it didn't come up with the normal "hit any key to install........." message. I put the CD in my workstation and it popped up w/ the windows 2003 menu and asked would i like to install. So i figured maybe it was an upgrade cd even though i didn't see that it said upgrade anywhere. So i put my windows 2000 server cd in the computer and it loaded fine and right after the install, i put in the windows 2003 server cd. I told it to install from windows 2000 server and then asked for my cd key. i put it in and then it asked me if i would like to upgrade or make a new install.... WHAT? so I told it to do a new install and it copied stuff to my hard drive and then it rebooted. it then said i can either go into windows 2000 or windows 2003. so i selected the second one and it did a regular install as if i put the CD in the drive. same dos like setup function and the only problem was i couldn't delete the drive because the temporary files were on it. Now... i have a million hard drives and CD's and stuff. is there any way shape or form that someone can help me do a regular clean install of windows 2003 w/o needing another operating system on this machine. does anyone now what ind of CD I got? It just says Windows 2003 Server Standard.
Thank you!