RE: backup/restore bootable partition with OS and all?

Hello Peter,

Thank you for using newsgroup!

I am afraid that you can not use backup/restore to clone a bootable Windows
Server installation to another disk.

For more related information about disaster recovery, you may refer to the
following articles:
Using the Backup Utility in Windows Server 2003 to Backup and Restore Your
Data
<http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/exchange/guides/DROpsGuide/8d5
b7070-4e7f-41e9-99c3-f1ce2be3194f.mspx>

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Troubleshooting and Disaster Recovery
<http://www.microsoft.com/seminar/shared/asp/view.asp?url=/Seminar/en/200309
25TNT1_94/manifest.xml>

Best practices for disaster recovery: File and Storage Services
<http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/library/serv
erhelp/3c1437aa-0c27-45cc-a0eb-5a597549d4f2.mspx>

Exchange 2003 Disaster Recovery Operations Guide
<http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/exchange/guides/DROpsGuide/44b
f7a99-84b9-48f5-9dc2-c606a3448e7c.mspx>

Hope the information helps!

Thanks & Regards,

Ken Zhao

Microsoft Online Partner Support
Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security

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| Subject: backup/restore bootable partition with OS and all?
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| Can I use microsoft's backup/restore to clone a bootable server
installation
| to another disk? The server has windows server, exchange, etc... I'm
trying
| to avoid having to reinstall and reconfigure everything. The cloned disk
| will be use in the same PC and needs to be bootable. The source disk is
| dynamic, but I want the clone to be basic disk.
|
| It is very unclear to me what backup actually backups or not backup and
| whether the restored disk would be bootable. I also hear the keyword
"system
| state" a lot, but not very often mentioned is what it includes and not
| includes.
|
| The reason behind this is the bootable partition is on the same physical
| drive as another partition that has developed severe IO errors, so I want
to
| replace the disk before the IO error spread to the boot partition.
|
| I tried using norton ghost 2003 but that didn't work -- it says IO error
on
| source disk and then aborted, even if I try to clone just the good
| partition.
|
|
|

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