Re: Exchange 2003 DRP - Server needs boot disk....


Tim,

As for the server not booting and requiring the floppy disk, I would get a Certified IT Consultant to take a look onsite at what you have to do get the server booted back up into Windows. Once you have accomplished this, you can then bring a new Server into your domain, install Exchange 2003 on it, move mailboxes and then follow http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822931. With that many mailboxes this will be your best solution with purchasing third party software to migrate your users mailboxes.

--
John Oliver, Jr
MCSE, MCT, CCNA
Exchange MVP 2009
Microsoft Certified Partner


"TimParker" <timpar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:61b19747-55a8-4b5b-9b7c-178dd9ad5d12@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Under 100. Small Mental Health Agency. We have I think its currently
55 employees in all the locations. They also never removed any old
employees. So I am hoping this will be a time to prune those out and
dump them. :o)

As for the floppy, I think you missed my point. The server will not
boot with out the floppy.It currently has to be there, which is the
point of my concern. When I replace the drives and set up the new
drives, naturally, it won't be needed. But right now it is.


On Nov 7, 11:45 am, "John Oliver, Jr. [MVP]" <jcolive...@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Ok, then take the Floppy disk out and you will be able to boot to Windows.
Not sure why the floppy is in the drive but it should not be when booting
the server. As for Exchange, there a few options here I can recommend but I
would first ask how many mailboxes are we talking about?

--
John Oliver, Jr
MCSE, MCT, CCNA
Exchange MVP 2009
Microsoft Certified Partner

"TimParker" <tim...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

news:fc338e29-66a5-44fe-8bf2-bd84709b5950@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

> No the drive isn't empty. It's got a disk in it, that I was told when
> I started needed to be there! Both drives in the array "look good"
> through disk management. Honestly don't really care what he did to the
> drives. Just looking to make sure that when I replace these and
> reformat the machine with 2 new bigger drives that I can restore
> Exchange, our mail archiver and backup software without many hitches!

> On Nov 6, 8:43 pm, "John Oliver, Jr. [MVP]" <jcolive...@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>> If its setup for Hardware RAID1 on the OS partition, then the mirror
>> should
>> allow you to boot the machine if either drive fails. I find it highly
>> unlikely that both drives failed in the array. Floppy disk error
>> signifies
>> to me you have a floppy in the floppy drive, have you confirmed the >> drive
>> is
>> empty. If the drive is clear, then access the Server BIOS and disable
>> the
>> Floppy and try to reboot again.

>> --
>> John Oliver, Jr
>> MCSE, MCT, CCNA
>> Exchange MVP 2009
>> Microsoft Certified Partner

>> "TimParker" <tim...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

>>news:b7b2ace6-44ba-4869-9181-6488ed086cd6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

>> > Ok, I have an "odd" problem. My exchange server (2003 SP2) >> > apparently
>> > had some issues before I started working at the agency I am at now.
>> > The previous IT guy got it working by using a boot disk. Apparently
>> > "legend" has it that there was some problem with the Raid.

>> > I rebooted it yesterday and it didn't want to come back up. Was
>> > reporting a floppy disk error. UGH!

>> > According to disk management I have 3 internal HDD in the machine. 2
>> > are mirroring the OS and exchange. The 3rd is a data disk with >> > restore
>> > files and random data (not as critical).

>> > What is the easiest/safest way for me to get my data off the machine
>> > so I can rebuild it properly so it boots off the HDD like it should?

>> > My bosses current idea is to buy 2 new HDD (current ones are 75GB) >> > and
>> > take the existing drives out and rebuild the OS and reinstall
>> > Exchange. I would then restore the exchange backup to the new
>> > locations.

>> > The machine also is our backup server so I will have to re-install
>> > BackupExec 11d and our GFI Archiver software on this machine to get
>> > everything back to "normal".

>> > Any better way to do this? Items I should watch for? I am not an
>> > exchange guru so any guidance or help would be appreciated.

>> > Tim

.

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