Re: Importing settings from a dead FTP server?

From: Paul Lynch (paul.lynch_at_nospam.com)
Date: 08/12/04 

Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 10:08:09 +0100

On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 17:45:32 -0700, "boe" <boe_d@hotmail.com> wrote:

>We have a server that cannot start.. It dies with the blue screen of death
>no matter what we do. We had to move the hard drive because the motherboard
>of an unknown origin is 4 years old and smokes when it is turned on.
>
>I can access nearly all of the files from the hard drive though by making it
>a slave. Is there any way to import the FTP configurations security etc
>from the dead server?
>
>Thankyou!
>

One thing I would try is to attach the hard drive to another machine,
configure it as the primary master and then try to boot and see what
happens.

You'll probably (no, in fact you definitely will) get loads of device
driver conflicts, etc but you may be able to get the machine running
to such a state where you can retrieve data and maybe even perform an
IIS migration.

You've got nothing to lose by trying it and merely trying to boot from
that drive in another machine won't damage the data on it in anyway.

If you do get to a position where you can access the data try this
utility to retrieve your IIS configuration :

http://www.adsonline.co.uk/iisexport/

Regards,

Paul Lynch
MCSE

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