Re: SBS 2003 Restore = Boot Failure

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When you do the Install of the OS from CD1 to do the restore from Backup is the SP level the same as the Backup? ie if the Backup was made from a SP1 SBS did you Install SP1 after installing the OS before restoring?

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Frank McCallister SBS MVP
MCP Microsoft Small Business Specialist
COMPUMAC

"MikeP" <MikeP@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:93BB44CC-FC61-4CFC-9E22-62265D7B5A49@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Frank,

Took your advice and used BartPE to check out the boot.ini - partition(1),
disk - no errors and partition - Active; all is "good"!

I do notice that NO Disk is marked SYSTEM.

Not sure where to look for the problem or fix.

I do get a BLUE Screen which I can't read it or find the log for it. Event
logs show no enteries at all.

Mike

"Frank McCallister SBS MVP" wrote:

Hi Mike

Your old drive probably had a partition with OEM diags or etc on it and your
Boot.ini looks similar to this

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Windows Server 2003 for Small
Business Server" /fastdetect

Your new disk has the OS on Partition (1) instead of (2) and won't boot. To
fix this boot from a Bart PE CD or a prepared Boot floppy and edit the
Boot.ini file on C to show Partition (1)

The Boot.ini file is a Hidden System file

--
Frank McCallister SBS MVP
MCP Microsoft Small Business Specialist
COMPUMAC

"MikeP" <MikeP@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:238ADEBD-A00B-47D6-A23E-F50637E28BA8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> My WD 160 GB C: Boot Drive died. Replaced it with a Maxtor 200 GB
> partitioned and formated as C:. No other changes.
>
> Installed SBS 2003 Premium and ran F8 AD restore of C: and System State
> from
> good backup stored on an other drive E: with all but a few files with
> short
> names sucessfully restored.
>
> Problem is system will not Reboot beyond SBS Server 2003 Logo - I see a
> "Blue Screen" for a second before a hard restart. Same situation in > Safe
> Mode.
>
> I've tried restore 3 times using other backup sets = same boot failure.
>
> Is this solveable?
>
.

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