Re: How to Expand HDD on SBS 2003 SP2
- From: "Claus" <cjobes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 18:06:03 -0400
If you followed the order I gave you, you do not need a new product key. I
have done this kind of restore numerous times.
--
Claus
"Atilla Soylu" <rennoble@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Henry,
Here is an update;
you are right about the two things you mentioned.
the boot.ini refers the second partition on the and the disk1(well
stated as a disk0)
and there is a 125mb partition that i suppose Dell created.
So, now I modified the Boot.ini to point to the partition 1 and its
booting OK, but after the boot windows asks me a new activation code
and i called MS activation they told me I have to call Dell to get a
new product key.
How is this possible? Has anyone had this issue before?
So basically i'm still not successful about restoring the server, even
though it goes to the windows but i dont know if everything is there
and safe to be used...
Regards,
and have a nice week everyone...
Atilla
On Jul 1, 8:13 am, "Henry Craven {SBS-MVP}" <s...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
That's probably due to the Dell Hidden Partition now becoming visible to
the
system, so the boot partition is wrong.
You should check the partitions, also that the right one is the "Active"
partition, and if you can boot from a Bart Disk or similar check the Boot
.ini and if necessary, adjust it. It may save you some pain, but as I say
I
eventually cut my losses and went the Backup/restore route.
It's not good that your never had a successful Backup.... That's a
disaster
waiting to happen and should have been resolved long ago as a matter of
high
priority.
--
Henry Craven {SBS-MVP}
<atilla.so...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks so much everyone,
But the thing is I did try this process in the order you guys are
telling but it still fails after the restart and gives ntoskrnl.exe
missing or corrupted,
Yet i couldnt try the install it with Dell CDs because i dont have
them, Dell didnt send any specific CD for it, and i have the full
SBS2003 CDs, (I think 4 CDs in total, I'm not at work right now, so I
cannot check)
And neither ASR nor the full backup restores ever worked. Now i'll
have to sacrifice from my own time to find out the problem, I'm
getting a copy of full backup i did last night and i'll try this out
at home to find out more about it.
I checked the Norton Ghost Enterprise Edition, and it seems good, I
used Ghost for so many times for client's workstations but never tried
with the server, i think i'm going to try that too, I'll of course do
a full backup before I try anything like this.
Once again thanks for your input everyone, you guys have been so
helpful.
On Jun 30, 9:26 pm, "Henry Craven {SBS-MVP}" <s...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Claus has outlined itAtilla.
You'll find it documented under the Server Management mmc of the SBS
Backup > Learn how to restore the server. or here:
Backing Up and Restoring Windows Small Business Server
2003http://www.microsoft.com/smallbusiness/support/articles/backup_restor...
Once you've configured your RAID on the New Disks do the initial build
from
the Dell OEM Install disks, that will recreate their hidden partition
again
and save any hassles with BIOS lock on the install Key.
I initially restored to the same ( but now larger ) partitions.
I then moved data into more appropriate locations as required.
eg
In this case as I had no second set of spindles/RAID I set up 4
Partitions
C:\ 25 GB ( System ) ( minimum Swapfile - Moe if you have more LOB
Apps )
D:\ 160 GB ( Data - SQL (and other) Databases - roaming profiles )
E:\ 40 GB ( Exchange - 2x max Expected DB Size in 18months + 10% )
F:\ 25 GB ( Files - Larger Swapfile - Temp Files - ClientApps -
Install
Files etc..- bigger if you have more "junk" )
Then follow:
Moving Data Folders for Windows Small Business Server
2003http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sbs/2003/maintain/moveda...
Plus any documentation relating to LOB Apps Data location.
If the logs are clean and everything is working Grab an Image, or a
Full
SBS
Backup, for archival purposes and store it with an ASR Backup.
This is the first of your "Known Good" points.
HTH
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Henry Craven {SBS-MVP}
<atilla.so...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks everyone for the replies.
Henry I have some questions for you about your backup/restore
process.
Did you do full/Normal backup?
Did you install the whole SBS? What were your steps? Like when you
were done installing did you continue with other SBS CDs
installations? (I presume its necessary but would like to be sure
this
time, since this is my homework now)
I've spent at least a couple days for these tryouts and thats why
this
is going to be my homework, I'll be installing and doing restore at
home until i find a solution.
I want to do RAID1 setup too actually.
I appreciate your time and help.
Thanks a lot.
Atilla
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