Say you've got a server running Windows Server 2003 x86, and you have no CD-ROM drive, and no physical access to the box. The only way to get to it is through RDP. Now, say you want to move it to 64-bit to be able to add more RAM. It should be as simple as mounting an Windows Server x64 ISO and starting the installation from Windows, right?
WRONG, PAL!
You see, installing x64 from inside x86 is not allowed, Microsoft says so. You can't even do a clean install that way. So you're thinking, maybe you could do it with Windows Server 2008. right?
WRONG AGAIN! You can't do a clean install of Windows Server 2008 x64 over Windows Server 2003 x86 either. Any way you slice it, the x64 installer won't even execute on Windows x86.
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