Windows 7 32 bit, - want to add W2K8R2-64bit to make dualboot laptop

AddRAM said:

Of course you can install 32 and 64 bit on the same machine, why do you want Server ? You won`t find any graphics drivers. But if that`s ok then go fo it.

Some sort of experiment ?

Drivers are available everywhere, they're the same as the Win7 ones. Remember that all Windows editions are exactly the same with just artificial limitations on the installed features (effectively, for example, Win7 Starter and Win2008R2 Datacenter are in fact the very same program). Hence the drivers are the same, the programs run or fail to run in the same way and behavior is the same, the main difference being the default configuration in some areas, that can be tweaked in both cases.

I've done that experiment some years ago and found all those facts "the hard way" :)

The question is interesting though, why the server? It's just more expensive and many times the extra features don't merit the cost or can be replaced by better free software alternatives.

Even better, experiment on a virtual machine. Any problems there will die there without need to reformat anything in any computer currently in use.

Even though the computer may be owned by the company, nothing here indicates hacking at least. He could have permission or maybe the company is precisely about this music software, who knows, the OP didn't said after all. The virtual machine don't constitute hacking I think, it won't break the machine.
Having licences for that Windows installs is a diffent history.

Anyway, this discussion won't help the OP at all.

@AddRAM, don't worry, no offense taken :)