How To Setup Dual-Boot on Acer Aspire

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    airywind said:
    Thank U all for the replies n wonderful support. :) As suggested, I did perform the 'shrink' on Drive C: and the maximum free space I could get was only 90GB. So I started with the next step. I wanted to install the Windows Server 2003 on the new partition first because I have a licensed copy and then upgrade to Server 2008 later on. But now I have another problem as the Server 2003 OS is not getting installed. I tried to install by booting from the CD but every-time I end up with a BSOD giving error code 0x0000007B with a message 'Inaccessible Boot Device'.
    So now I have the partition created and I have the Installation disk for Server 2003 OS but I'm unable to install it. I read in one forum that 'since server 2003 is an older OS, the installation cannot happen'. However, I'm installing it on an entirely different new partition so I don't understand why it is not possible to install..
    0x0000007B is a "boot device inaccessable" error.

    Normally easy to fix. Boot inot win7 and goto "device manager". Which IDE ATA/ATAPI controller do you have?
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    Intel ICH9M-E/M SATA AHCI Controller
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    In WIN7:
    Because you have an acer just like me, i hope folder scturcture is almost the same(?)

    Do you have a folder called C:\OEM in win7? It can be an hidden folder!! So display hidden folders as well!!

    C:\OEM\Preload\Autorun\DRV you have that folder? At least try to find a folder DRV under C:\OEM
    In that DRV folder is something like "Intel AHCI"?
    Anyway search for a folder called "f6flpy-x64" or "f6flpy-x86" somewhere on pc.
    Do you try to install server 2003 32bits or 64bits?
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    Great!! Yes, I was able to locate the "f6flpy-x64" which is actually a ZIP file. What do I do next? There is also a "f6flpy-x32" ZIP file there...
    The Server 2003 OS is 32-bit. Would there be any incompatibility issue?
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    use f6flpy-x32 if installing 32 bits version of windows server 2003!
    Do you see iaAhci.inf,
    iaAhci.cat, iaStor.inf, iaStor.cat, iaStor.sys, and
    Txtsetup.oem files in it? Maybe a readme and license as well. If so....

    create new folder for example c:\ahcidrivers and copy the files to that folder. So they are unzipped.
    on installing windows 2003 server you see a brief message The message "Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver..." is briefly flashed on the screen every time Windows Setup starts.

    correct? Press it and browse to that folder and click on iaahci.inf
    Maybe C drive is called D when installing. This is somehow what to do. Don't know exactly... sorry
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  6.    #16

    If floppy is all that's allowed to load SATA drivers via F6 then what's required is likely the same as for here: SATA Drivers - Slipstream into Windows XP CD.
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  7.    #17

    I wouldn't, but some don't want to let go of XP even though new hardware won't even see it.
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    Hi everyone!
    Once again I am thankful to those who have replied and given valuable suggestions. I tried installing the Server 2003 by booting from the disk lot of times and each time the message "Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver..." came up I did not get the option to browse to select the 'iaahci.inf' file. Then I checked in the BIOS for the boot menu where the default HDD controller for SATA drive is AHCI and not IDE. So I guess it is an incompatibility issue here. So I changed the default to IDE and then installed the Server 2003 OS on the 90GB partition. But now the problem is that I cannot make this partition as an Active Primary partition so that the Server OS can boot.

    Now, I want to know what is the need of the 100MB System Reserved Partition that is created by the manufacturer? What will happen if I delete this partition so that I can make the New Logical Volume as Primary?
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    win7 still boots in IDE mode? I think it does, because you posted screenshot.
    You want to keep WIN7 and server2003?

    "system reserved" is a special small partition with bootmanager and bootmenu. So I think you want to keep it(?)
    If you mark server2003 partition active...bootmenu is gone and win7 doesn't boot!
    Waiting for your answers then you get more instructions
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    files ntldr, ntdetect.com, boot.ini are in F:\ or E:\ so in the root folder of E or F?

    in Elevated Command Prompt

    Code:
    attrib f:\boot.ini
    attrib f:\ntdetect.com
    attrib f:\ntldr
    Code:
    attrib e:\boot.ini
    attrib e:\ntdetect.com
    attrib e:\ntldr
    And post file boot.ini
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