Re: copying a hard drive
From: Bjorn Landemoo (mvp2.REMOVE_at_landemoo.com)
Date: 09/17/04
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Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 18:52:02 +0200
donald
Your method might, with some modifications, have worked with NT4, but does
not work with Win2000. This MS Knowledge Base article describes a possible
solution:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=249694
Best regards
Bjorn
-- Bjorn Landemoo - mvp2@landemoo.com - http://landemoo.com/ Microsoft MVP (Windows Server - File System) "donald" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >I have a server with 3 8.5 GB SCSI drives. C: is a 4GB >partition and is the system partition, the rest of that >drive is D:, which is spanned across the remaining >drives. C: contains active directory and acts as our >print server (clearly not enough room, I know). > >I want to move C: to a new 36.5 GB SCSI drive. If I >install the new SCSI drive and copy C: to it, what are my >next steps to get it to boot to it? > >I am thinking the following: >1. Install the new drive >2. Copy the files to it >3. Reassign the old C: drive a new letter >4. Reassign the new drive as the C: drive >5. Insert the 2000 Server disk and repair the MBR > >Should this do the trick? Will I need to edit the SCSI >BIOS or terminate the SCSI drives differently or put the >new Drive in the 1st position in the SCSI chain? > >Thanks in advance.
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