Guest steve Posted August 7, 2008 Posted August 7, 2008 Im trying to restore a backup of Windows server 03. I need to install windows into the directory that the original backup had it installed in. The directory was \winnt. How can I install windows server 03 into a different directory than the default of \windows Thanks.
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted August 7, 2008 Posted August 7, 2008 Re: Install windows 2003 to specific path. "steve" <stevesemple@lycos.com> wrote in message news:3143de27-7d7c-4e42-82fa-2b9abbaa3d24@26g2000hsk.googlegroups.com... > Im trying to restore a backup of Windows server 03. I need to install > windows into the directory that the original backup had it installed > in. The directory was \winnt. How can I install windows server 03 into > a different directory than the default of \windows > > Thanks. You would need to create a folder c:\Windows manually in order to force Windows to give you a choice. You can do this by booting the machine with a Bart PE boot CD (if you have one) or by temporarily connecting the disk as a slave disk to some other Windows PC.
Guest steve Posted August 7, 2008 Posted August 7, 2008 Re: Install windows 2003 to specific path. I see so basically the install rather slavishly looks for a folder called c:\widows and then assumes there is a previous OS there and then asks if you want to over write or put it somewhere else. Is that about the gist of it? I have also discovered that the free software nlite (normally used for slipstreaming and adding drivers to an install cd) can do this also. At least Im giving it a try now. We shall see. Thank you for your info. It is helpful. Regards
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted August 7, 2008 Posted August 7, 2008 Re: Install windows 2003 to specific path. "steve" <stevesemple@lycos.com> wrote in message news:1662a451-1dc7-4bf9-9a89-15a1ce0bd32f@i76g2000hsf.googlegroups.com... >I see so basically the install rather slavishly looks for a folder > called c:\widows and then assumes there is a previous OS there and > then asks if you want to over write or put it somewhere else. Is that > about the gist of it? > Yes, that's about the gist of it. Microsoft appear to have introduced this brain-dead "feature" with Windows 2000.
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