Re: [NTISP] Replacing an NT Server

Mark Lipscombe ( (no email) )
Fri, 30 Jul 1999 17:13:35 +1000

Can't you boot off the NT server boot disks then choose the "Repair damaged
Windows NT installation" option?

----- Original Message -----
From: Vincent L. McCutcheon <vincentm@spideyweb.net>
To: <ntisp@iea-software.com>
Sent: Friday, July 30, 1999 5:01 PM
Subject: RE: [NTISP] Replacing an NT Server

> If I remember correctly, Steve's problem is the new dual processor setup.
> I've never been able to successfully install the original HD that was
setup
> on a single CPU system to a Dual CPU system. Had to do a complete
> re-install.
>
> Just my .02
>
> Vincent L. McCutcheon
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ntisp-request@iea-software.com
> [mailto:ntisp-request@iea-software.com]On Behalf Of Andrew Moss
> Sent: Friday, July 30, 1999 1:12 AM
> To: ntisp@iea-software.com
> Subject: RE: [NTISP] Replacing an NT Server
>
>
>
> Dear Steve,
> One way would be to use the program ghost, which can basically copy an
> entire hard drive to another one. Trial versions are available from
> Symantec.
>
>
> Cheers
>
> Andrew Moss
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Coleman [mailto:scoleman2@csolutions.net]
> Sent: Friday, 30 July 1999 15:52
> To: ntisp@iea-software.com; list@inet-access.net
> Subject: [NTISP] Replacing an NT Server
>
>
> We have a NT server running IIS 4.0. It works great. However, we would
> like to upgrade the system to something a little faster with more drive
> space. We have a completely new server ready to go. How can we migrate
all
> of the data, and more importantly all of the settings from the previous
> server? I tried removing the hard drive from the old server and
installing
> it in the new server. NT would crash with a blue screen upon bootup. I
> thought NT was supposed to detect hardware upon bootup and work with just
> about anything. Both servers have the same network card, same video card,
> and same SCSI controller. Therefore any devices that need a specific
device
> driver for NT are the same in both servers. The only real difference is
the
> new server is a dual processor.
>
> I can't afford to loose all the IIS settings. I don't want to have to
> reinstall the 100+ virtual servers installed, and I don't want to have to
re
> setup all the special permissions on some of the directories for IIS.
>
> Recommendations?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steve Coleman
> Computer Solutions
>
>
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