Steve

I want to migrate from SQL2005 x86 on W2K x86 to SQL2005 x64 on W2K x64 while keeping the same server name, SQL Server instance name and SQL Server version....

All

Thanks alot for the info. I will be testing both methods shown in:

http://blogs.msdn.com/cindygross/archive/2009/07/07/x64-windows-upgrade-from-32bit-sql-server-to-64bit-sql-server.aspx

I still can't find any official Microsoft note on this. Does anyone know if there is...

Lynn/Alan

Thanks for the info. There are no SSIS packages (thankfully). A couple more questions:

1. From what you have said it seems that restoring or attaching user databases from x86 to...

Lynn

We plan to migrate from x86 to x64 to enable us make better use of the physical memory available to us. I wanted to know if there was a recommended...

Ed

Thanks for the input. looks Like we'll be increasing the size of C:\ drive on our builds and possibly looking at using multiple virtual Windows servers instead of multiple SQL...

Ed

The three installs (including SP's) used 6.5 GB on the C: drive as follows:

C:\Program Files 1.5GB

C:\Program Files (x86) 1GB

C:\windows\Installer ...

Hello

I have done a comparison of space used on the C: drive of a W2K SP2 x64 server that has had SQL 2008 SP1 x64, SQL2008 SP1 x86 and SQL2005...

Thanks for replying so quickly. Yes this is a real pain, there must be a way of avoiding using the C: drive but I haven't found it yet.

Cheers

John