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**redgeordieboy99** · 03-08-2006, 06:17 PM

i would like to set up my spare hard drive as a server .
my system is 2.8 sempron processor, 736 mb ram, two separate 80GB hard drives and running windows xp pro.
is it possible and if so how.

**stOx** · 06:43 PM

Installl something like apache triad. It will install php apache and mysql.

Usuallly the web directory is C:/htdocs (or something like that) but you should be able to change the location of the web dir in the conf file to a folder on whatever drive you like..

**Minaki** · 03-09-2006, 04:31 AM

You can't really 'Set up a hard drive as a server' - since aall a hrad drive does is store information, and a server is a process that runs on a machine and serves requests.

You can however set up a server on the same computer, depending on what type of server you want. I assume it's a web server you're after?

WinXP Pro comes with a version of IIS (Internet Information Services) built in for testing and development purposes. You'll find it under Administrative Tools -> Internet Information Services, unless it's not installed, in which case you'll need to go into Add/Remove Windows Components in the Control Panel and tick the box for it.

**redgeordieboy99** · 03-09-2006, 08:13 AM

cheers minaki