Upgrade to Windows 2003 R2

[Guest Derek Da Silva]

Hi Everyone,

 

My file server is currently running Windows 2003 server standard edition and

I want to upgrade it to Windows 2003 R2 server standard edition. When I put

the R2 cd in the file server it said that my current os is newer than the os

on the R2 cd. It wants me to proceed with a fresh installation via DOS on

bootup.

 

How do I upgrade to R2? Do I need to blow away my old OS?

 

Thanks,

D

[Guest neo [mvp outlook]]

Re: Upgrade to Windows 2003 R2

 

What service pack level is your standard server at? The reason that i ask

is that if you applied SP2, then you need to use an R2 CD that includes SP2.

 

"Derek Da Silva" <DerekDaSilva@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:C647AA6A-26B8-48AF-A8C9-5B9160505F19@microsoft.com...

> Hi Everyone,

>

> My file server is currently running Windows 2003 server standard edition

> and

> I want to upgrade it to Windows 2003 R2 server standard edition. When I

> put

> the R2 cd in the file server it said that my current os is newer than the

> os

> on the R2 cd. It wants me to proceed with a fresh installation via DOS on

> bootup.

>

> How do I upgrade to R2? Do I need to blow away my old OS?

>

> Thanks,

> D