Windows Server 2003 R2

rich_g85 · 21 Jan 2006 at 23:45

Hi all,
I'm currently running Windows Server 2003 SP1 but wondered whether it's possible to upgrade to R2, or would I need to do a fresh install?

Thanks

csmager · 22 Jan 2006 at 11:16

It's just a bunch of additional things. If you buy it, you get 2 discs. The first disc is a bog standard 2003 SP1 install disc. Then you run disc 2 to install the R2 stuff - a couple of hundred Mb.

So, in answer to your question, you can upgrade to R2 within about 5-10 minutes.

rich_g85 · 22 Jan 2006 at 12:22

Well I downloaded the R2 trial, mounted the ISO using Alcohol 120%, ran the setup and got error "Setup cannot continue because the operating system edition is different from the Setup edition."

Any ideas?

Memphis · 22 Jan 2006 at 12:46

If I recall correctly from a single day course I was on a few weeks back, you do need the proper install of R2 to get the R2 features. I don't believe you can just use the content disk on a standard 2003 machine.

(Of course I may have slept through the day and made all of that up!

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rich_g85 · 22 Jan 2006 at 12:48

Thanks Memphis, I've just realised that because I'm running Server 2003 Standard Edition, I have to run the upgrade to Enterprise Edition with SP1 THEN install the R2 content!!

Another mystery solved

csmager · 22 Jan 2006 at 12:55

That would be it then.

One one server, I installed the Enterprise SP1 disc... and was a bit miffed to find it was exactly the same, and I'd wasted an hour. On the other server, I just bunged the R2 disc in, and it worked fine straight off the existing Ent Sp1 install.