Windows Server - Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 compatibility Question/Advice

Asked By x@y.z on 27-Feb-12 12:53 AM
I have a chip that is Intel Centrino Dual Core T9300 2.5 GHz

I am running 32-bit Windows 7 Ultimate on main drive C: .

I have formed a new partition on the home HDD containing C: called S:
and I want to install a bootable version of Windows 2008 R2 SP1 .

Is it possible ?

I was tiold my chip can hadle it .

Can anyone give me some advice as to how to go about it ?

I have already dowbload the install file onto C: and want to install
into S:

But I am going to hold off for now .



Thanks for any help

Peter


Leon replied to x@y.z on 06-Mar-12 11:42 PM
Hi Peter,

Recommend use VM to build your 2008 server to begin with. The install
will complain anyway if it does not like your hardware. Use Oracle's
Virtual Box. it is FREE!

Leon