I have a computer with a 98' platform. I have 2 40 gig hard drives that mirror eachother. I want to install small business server 2000 onto that computer and use it as my server. I have read that this software uses a ntfs file system and obviously 98' is fat 32. The installation instructions explain that I would need to partition my hard drives in order to install small business server. Is it possible to just overwrite 98'with small business server? I will have no use for 98' after this upgrade and am fine with running a ntfs file system.
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If you have no need for the FAT32 partition, during the install of SBS it will ask you which partition you want to install to. It will also allow you to delete and create partitions, so delete the FAT32 partition and choose it as the destination partition. Setup will then ask you if you want it formatted as a FAT or NTFS file system.
Make sure you backup the files you need from that partition first so you can put them back later. When you remove the partition like that nothing is recoverable.
Daniel.
Make sure you backup the files you need from that partition first so you can put them back later. When you remove the partition like that nothing is recoverable.
Daniel.
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Yes it will... Windows 98 can't read NTFS at all.
The only other option is to install the server on the second 40GB hdd. When you install it to the second drive it should set up a dual boot menu for you, then the first FAT32 partition will be unaffected (with the exception of a couple of config files. Then you can boot into Win98 or SBS.
Again, you will need to backup any files on the second drive if you want to retain them.
Daniel.
The only other option is to install the server on the second 40GB hdd. When you install it to the second drive it should set up a dual boot menu for you, then the first FAT32 partition will be unaffected (with the exception of a couple of config files. Then you can boot into Win98 or SBS.
Again, you will need to backup any files on the second drive if you want to retain them.
Daniel.
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Windows 2000 can be setup to mirror, but you don't need to install SBS twice. Install SBS on the first HDD, then setup Windows to do the mirror. You'll need to use the Disk Management snapin. (Start->Programs->Administrative Tools->Computer Management, then choose Disk Management.
From here you can format the other partition and setup mirroring.
Daniel.
From here you can format the other partition and setup mirroring.
Daniel.
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and don't forget to convert your basic disks to dynamic....this is needed before you can implement RAID.
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