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Windows Server Forum / Small Business Server / SBS 2000 / August 2004restore to different machine
I am replacing an old domain controller with a new one. Both are running small business server 2000. This is a simple network with one domain controller. I am attempting to use the full backup of the old server to restore to the new server to make deployment easier. I set up partitions on the new server just like the old one. I installed sbs 2000 on the new box, just that and nothing else. Then I successfully restored the c and d partition to the new server. Here's where the trouble begins. When I restore the system state to the new machine, everything goes ok, then I reboot and I get the Windows screen, then a blue screen with stop error "inaccessible boot device". When I try to boot from the cd and do a repair, I get an error stating that there is no windows installation to repair. I get the same when trying to boot from an erd. I then did a parallel install into a different directory, copied the "drivers" folder from the new install to the original, and I still can't boot to it. I am almost positive that this is a scsi driver issue, but I don't know how to make windows use the correct drivers. I know this is procedure is possible, because I have done it this way with great success in the past. Any ideas? Thanks My suggestion, in the interest of keeping it brief, is to do an in-place repair on the new server. That should solve the driver problem, and it shouldn't have a negative affect on the domain. If you really need more detailed ideas, let me know. BTW, copying the driver folder from the old server really isn't addessing the issues involved. > I am replacing an old domain controller with a new one. Both are running > small business server 2000. This is a simple network with one domain [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > with great success in the past. Any ideas? > Thanks I agree with Jeff that an in-place repair would be best. If the old server is still un and running you could try installing the drivers for the new MB (particularly the SCSI) even without the hardware present. Then do your backup and then try restoring that on the new system. > My suggestion, in the interest of keeping it brief, is to do an in-place > repair on the new server. That should solve the driver problem, and it [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] >> with great success in the past. Any ideas? >> Thanks |
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