Windows Server 2003 Iso
Windows Server 2003 administrators often need to deploy software or operating systems to several different computers on a network. Rather than slowly distributing a physical copy of a software disc, you can set up a virtual drive everyone on the network can access and use to install programs or download files. Virtual drives work with disc image files such as ISOs and operate as an entirely digital disc drive, requiring no additional hard drive or physical discs. Mounting an ISO in Windows Server 2003 requires downloading and installing virtual drive software on the system.
Step 1
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Locate and download a virtual drive program. Software that works with Windows Server 2003 includes proprietary software such as Alcohol 120% and PowerISO, and free options including ImgBurn and Daemon-Tools Lite.
Step 2
Install the software to the server's hard drive using the downloaded file and open it.
Step 3
Select the 'Mount' option from the software's menu and browse to the ISO file you wish to use. If you have a physical CD or DVD instead of an ISO file, most virtual drive programs can also create ISOs from a physical disc. A mounted ISO will behave the same as a physical disc would in another drive.
Step 4
Open 'My Computer' from the Start Menu and scroll down to the 'Devices with removable storage' section.
Right-click on the new virtual drive and choose 'Sharing and Security.' Check the sharing box to give network users access to the drive.
Tip
- Drive sharing will not work if your server does not have its permissions and network controls set up correctly. You can modify these settings from the Network section of the Control Panel.
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One of our old servers just crashed (HP PowerEdge SC1430) and (as always) the original CDs cannot be found..
We downloaded the instalation ISO from DELL and the Official Windows Server 2003 ISO from Microsoft, but the Microsoft ISO wont boot either burning it to a CD/DVD or trying to mount it from Virtual Box, or booting from Dell's CD and then inserting the ISO image when asked
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Do you know if there is a special method to make the WS2003 CD disk?
Regards..
1 Answer
Cd 1 boot, not Cd2 for R2.
Check your download to validate what its, as you can see the boot file on it.
Be sure its not just SP2 you downloaded. (In those days they offered iso with only the SP on it). People tried to slipstream them, but its not bootable.