Re: Restore to Larger Hard Drives Install from DVD

www.sbslinks.com/sql2005.htm is what he's referring to.

Inn Jin [MSFT] wrote:
Hi Jim.

Thank you for posting here.

From the description, I understand this issue is that you want to restore your original backup to a new hard drive. If I am off base, please don't hesitate to let me know.

Regarding your questions, the process is similar to data recovery process. I'm not sure which July 2006 white paper you referred, is it the following article?

Backing Up and Restoring Windows Small Business Server 2003
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=49916

If it is please exactly follow it. And I'm not so sure the Susan Bradley's install steps either. I'll give you an article about how to install SQL 2005 WorkGroup Edition on SBS 2003 R2 as an attachment (also you can find it in your Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2 Premium Edition - Premium Technologies Disc 1), please follow it exactly.

The main point you need to verify is that your new installation level needs to be same as your backup installation level. As you have installed R2 and SQL 2005, if you have other components installed in your backup version, and you haven't installed on your new server (e.g. Exchange), you need to install them before restore. These articles may help:

258243 How to back up and restore an Exchange computer by using the Windows Backup program
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/258243/en-us

Backup and Restore Options for Windows SharePoint Services
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/wss/2/all/adminguide/en-us/
stsf20.mspx?mfr=true

Hope that information may help you a lot. If you have further concerns please feel free to let me know.

Have a nice day and Merry Christmas!

Best regards,

Inn Jin (MSFT)

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