humble3d

YES, VIRGINIA, YOU CAN ADD XP'S SYSTEM RESTORE TO W2K3...ALSO, I'VE TESTED NORTON AND ACRONIS AND THEY BOTH WORK WONDERFULLY TO RESTORE ANY PARTITION OR DRIVE USING XP OR W2K3...OR, ANY OTHER OS FOR THAT MATTER...ENJOY!

MY W2K3 SEEMS TO RUN FASTER THAN XP PRO AND IS REALLY A NICE PACKAGE...W2K3 DOES NOT SUPPORT RESTORE AS XP BUT, RESTORE CAN BE ADDED EASILY IF YOU HAVE THE XP CD AND ALSO DOWNLOAD THE KIT FOUND ON THE INTERNET; HOWEVER, ALOT OF PEOPLE HAVE EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF FUNCTIONALITY WITH THE RESTORE FUNCTION IN BOTH WINDOWS ME AND XP FOR AS YET UNEXPLAINED REASONS...IT SEEMS TO BE A MATTER OF PERSONAL PREFERENCE AS TO WHICH VERSION YOU USE...YOU CAN RUN BOTH W2K3 AND XP ON THE SAME BOX IN DIFFERENT PARTITIONS...WORKS FOR ME!

FORGET ABOUT NTFS...ALL MY PARTITIONS ARE FAT 32 AND EVERYTHING SEEMS TO WORK MUCH BETTER. NTFS IS ALWAYS PUT FORTH AS REQUIRED; HOWEVER, ANY LOSS OF SECURITY USING FAT 32 CAN BE OVERCOME WITH YOUR OWN SOFTWARE AS NTFS USUALLY TRIES TO PROTECT THE SYSTEM FROM YOU AND NOT SO MUCH FROM OUTSIDERS...FAT 32 ALLOWS MORE FREEDOM

IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO UNLESS YOU PURCHASE THE RETAIL VERSION WHICH REMOVES IT FOR YOU