Re: Migrating NT PDC to AD Domain

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"Amanda Wang [MSFT]" <v-amanwa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
> Actually, FSMT is a tool which is just used to migrate file server in
> source domain to target domain. Therefore, don't worry about that it is a
> good tool to achieve your goal.
>
> The File Server Migration Toolkit helps you copy files and folders from
> servers running Microsoft Windows 2000 Server or Microsoft Windows NT
> Server 4.0 operating systems to a server running Microsoft Windows Server
> 2003 operating systems or Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003.

Amanda, I appreciate what you are trying to do, unless the FSMT does both of
these things, your post seems to contradict itself. I want to make sure you
understand my issue cirrectly. I need to migrate the present file server to
a new domain. The files are staying where they are on the server. I just
need to change the server from being a BDC in our NT4 domain to being a
member server in our 2003 domain. Will the FSMT help with this or not? Or
would I be better to just reinstall the OS? Fortunately, the data is all on
separate drives from the OS, however I need to know if there is a way I can
preserve the security setting on the data folders.

Thanks
Brian


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