Re: NTBackup - complete backup...

HI!

Or simpler:

Take Drivesnapshot (www.drivesnapshot.de) and clone your c:

wolfgang

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"Gene Rofssey" <gene@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi,

I have a win2003 server (DC) with two drives, IDE0 master for OS and IDE1
master for home folders and profiles

Say I want to use NTBackup to backup everything, I select system_state
and
all the partitions in the two drives.

I then want to restore everything onto two NEW drives, bigger than the
original drives. The two new drives are installed and I have a third
drive
with the large backup file.

How do I proceed from here? To be able to boot, run NTBackup and restore
the backup. I assume that I can boot from the w2003 installer CD, but
can
I
run NTBackup from there without installing everything?

Finally after a successful restore, will all user/profile
sharing/security
links be OK??? - or do I need to pay special attention to something
sometime
in the process?

Does it exist shareware backup software (not domain-name bound) which are
better than NTBackup..?

Thanks a lot if there is a kind soul who can enlighten me on these issues

regards

Gene

I would probably do this:
- Install the first new disk as a temporary slave.
- Format it and make it active.
- Boot the machine with a Bart PE boot CD
(http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/#download)
- Use xcopy.exe with the appropriate switches to copy
Disk1 to the new disk, including hidden files, system files and ACLs.
- Repeat the process for the second disk.

This is a zero risk process that does not require an auxiliary
installation of Windows. Creating a Bart PE boot CD takes
a bit of time but I find it an extremely valuable tool.




.

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