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The link was what I needed. &nbsp;Thanks for the support
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The link was what I needed.  Thanks for the support

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Hello Experts;<br />
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I am running SQL 2005 on Windows7 and would like to run SQL 2008 R2 on the same box. &nbsp;Looking at the SQL Server Installation Center for SQL 2008 R2 there are 2 Image installations, Image preparation or Image completion. &nbsp;Which one should I choose or am I way off base here on installing 2 separate versions of SQL?<br />
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Mr. Bill
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Hello Experts;

I am running SQL 2005 on Windows7 and would like to run SQL 2008 R2 on the same box.  Looking at the SQL Server Installation Center for SQL 2008 R2 there are 2 Image installations, Image preparation or Image completion.  Which one should I choose or am I way off base here on installing 2 separate versions of SQL?

Mr. Bill

I am running SQL 2005 on Windows7 and would like to run SQL 2008 R2 on the same box

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning. Major improvements include the  Always On technologies and support for unstructured data types.

Microsoft SQL Server 2008

Microsoft SQL Server is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.SQL Server is available in multiple versions, typically identified by release year, and versions are subdivided into editions to distinguish between product functionality. Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning.

Microsoft SQL Server

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning. It includes support for managing XML data and allows a database server to be exposed over web services using Tabular Data Stream (TDS) packets encapsulated within SOAP (protocol) requests.