Posted by Erland Sommarskog on 03/10/06 01:03

sql_server_user (kaioptera@gmail.com) writes:
> I installed SQL Server 2005 on a server running Windows Server 2003
> x64, and it installed into the "Program Files (x86)" directory, so I
> assume it installed the 32-bit version. How do I get it to install the
> 64-bit version? I don't see an option for this anywhere. I got the DVD
> at the MS launch conference a few months ago - does this even have the
> 64-bit version on it?

I don't know what's on that DVD, but on the real DVD the first thing
that happens when you slide it in, is that you get a splash screen
where you can select x86, x6 and IA64.

You might want to check the documentation for the DVD you got at the
launch to see what it says. Or just browse it, and see if there is any
x64 on it.


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Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@sommarskog.se

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