Re: Main Drive 50% full

The hole xcopy thing may not work because the server is a scsi based system.
If possible can you give me step by step directions doing a restore from
ntbackup?

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

> Doing a full backup followed by a subsequent restore should
> work but is tedious, because you willl first have to install an
> auxiliary version of Windows in a folder other than C:\Windows
> in order to run ntbackup for the restoration process.
>
> Other options include using xcopy.exe when
> - the source and the target disks are connected to the
> secondary IDE controller of some Win2000/XP PC, or
> - booting the machine with a Bart PE boot CD
> (www.bootdisk.com).
>
>
> "alex" <alex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:BEC26CD0-A7DC-42D0-ADEA-D607B42A14E6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > We have ghost 7.5 but i don't think it will work because of the way the
> > server is built. Would i my idea work?
> >
> > "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > "alex" <alex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > > news:9EFA40CF-948A-45A9-9970-C46D614200C5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > At one of our sub locations the webserver is running w2k3 web edition
> and
> > > > sharepoint 2.0. The server to me has a very bad configuration it's
> dell
> > > > poweredge 2300 6 9.1 gig drives 1 drive for the os, 4 drives for
> websites
> > > > software raid 5 and one single drive. The main drive is half way full
> > > seems
> > > > like it could be from sharepoint even though it's working with a back
> end
> > > sql
> > > > 2000 server.
> > > >
> > > > I was thinking about buying a larger hard to main drive but how can i
> do
> > > this?
> > > >
> > > > Can i do a full back up of that drive then install the os on the new
> drive
> > > > and do a full restore? will that data and the os files reconize the
> drive
> > > is
> > > > larger?
> > >
> > > Just clone the existing disk to the new disk with one of the
> > > many imaging tools such as Acronis, DriveImage, Ghost.
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>
>
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