So you mean that you are prepared to let all the data on your main HD (C:) be deleted? If that is what you meant, I completely misunderstood. I have not 'gone that way' myself, from XP to W2003 I mean, but I am pretty sure you will be asked early in the install process about what you want to do with whatever is on your HD. I would recommend that you reformat your C: to NTFS, and don't choose the quick format option.

Just my $ 0.02 :-)

>I have no intention of keeping this a dual boot machine. Just W2k3. So in light of that.... does the install process perform a format or do i need to do that prior to the install?
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>>OK, no more confusion, you mean Windows 2003 Server Standard Edition. If I were you, I would install W2SSE on the second HD, or better yet, install it on a completely different machine. I would certainly not try to mix the two on one machine, that is really asking for trouble. And go for NTFS.
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>>>as a low-traffic webserver, using VFP and webconnect.
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>>>>Will you be using this box as a server or workstation? If server, what is its purpose?
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>>>>>I am about to install W2k3 Standard addition on a PC that currently has XPpro installed. I know u cannot 'upgrade' XP to W2k3, so i assume that the install process will install on top of XP. Does it perform a format or is this something i need to do myself?
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>>>>>Any recommendations for partition sizes for the OS?? Dont partition? (the PC has 2 80gig harddrives).
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>>>>>Use NTFS... not FAT??
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>>>>>WORKGROUP install, not DOMAIN??
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>>>>>Use the PER SERVER not PER DEVICE licensing mode??