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I have a server sytem, which originally had WinNT on it. We later
upgraded to Win2k Server, but in order to maintain the settings (users,
groups, etc.) we kept the 4gb hard drive, and did an upgrade install. Now,
a few years later, we need to install a larger (c
drive. How can I go
about doing that without losing all my configuration. I know how to save
the registry with RegEdit and the Metabase (or whatever of it it does save)
with MetaEdit, but how do I transfer all the users, groups, etc.?
Thanks,
DM
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<VR> wrote in message news:41484d20$1_2@127.0.0.1...
> I have a server sytem, which originally had WinNT on it. We later
> upgraded to Win2k Server, but in order to maintain the settings (users,
> groups, etc.) we kept the 4gb hard drive, and did an upgrade install.
Now,
> a few years later, we need to install a larger (c drive. How can I go
> about doing that without losing all my configuration. I know how to save
> the registry with RegEdit and the Metabase (or whatever of it it does
save)
> with MetaEdit, but how do I transfer all the users, groups, etc.?
>
> Thanks,
> DM
You could use an imaging program such as DriveImage or Ghost to
copy your old disk to the new disk and enlarge the partition size at
the same time.
Alternatively you could do this:
- Install the old and the new disk as secondary disks on some
Win2000/XP PC.
- Use xcopy.exe with the appropriate switches to copy your old
disk to the new disk.
- Put the new disk into your server.
- Use the Command Console (fixmbr, fixboot) to restore the
boot environment.
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VR - others may have a better idea, but I think the simplest
thing for you to do is use a 3rd party disk/drive copy utility
to simply replicate the old structures on the new drive. Such
utilities (most, anyway) will allow you to resize the copy-to
directories during the process as well. (Old C:\ is 4GB; new
C:\ is 15GB on a 60GB drive. Cable the new drive as primary
master, and boot.)
VR wrote:
> I have a server sytem, which originally had WinNT on it. We later
> upgraded to Win2k Server, but in order to maintain the settings (users,
> groups, etc.) we kept the 4gb hard drive, and did an upgrade install. Now,
> a few years later, we need to install a larger (c drive. How can I go
> about doing that without losing all my configuration. I know how to save
> the registry with RegEdit and the Metabase (or whatever of it it does save)
> with MetaEdit, but how do I transfer all the users, groups, etc.?
>
> Thanks,
> DM
>
>
>
>
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Would the xCopy cover users and groups?
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>
> <VR> wrote in message news:41484d20$1_2@127.0.0.1...
> > I have a server sytem, which originally had WinNT on it. We later
> > upgraded to Win2k Server, but in order to maintain the settings (users,
> > groups, etc.) we kept the 4gb hard drive, and did an upgrade install.
> Now,
> > a few years later, we need to install a larger (c drive. How can I go
> > about doing that without losing all my configuration. I know how to
save
> > the registry with RegEdit and the Metabase (or whatever of it it does
> save)
> > with MetaEdit, but how do I transfer all the users, groups, etc.?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > DM
>
> You could use an imaging program such as DriveImage or Ghost to
> copy your old disk to the new disk and enlarge the partition size at
> the same time.
>
> Alternatively you could do this:
> - Install the old and the new disk as secondary disks on some
> Win2000/XP PC.
> - Use xcopy.exe with the appropriate switches to copy your old
> disk to the new disk.
> - Put the new disk into your server.
> - Use the Command Console (fixmbr, fixboot) to restore the
> boot environment.
>
>
>
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VE - if you use it correctly (the right switches as Pegasus says)
xcopy will copy the entire file structure, including ALL files, to
the target drive. As Pegasus further says, the source partition
MUST NOT be the currently active system partition; put both drives
in some other machine and boot that machine's system.
The fixmbr and fixboot also must be handled afterwards as Pegasus
says.
The data you are concerned about (users, groups, etc) is just data
and would be copied with everything else.
VR wrote:
> Would the xCopy cover users and groups?
>
> "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com> wrote in message
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>
>><VR> wrote in message news:41484d20$1_2@127.0.0.1...
>>
>>> I have a server sytem, which originally had WinNT on it. We later
>>>upgraded to Win2k Server, but in order to maintain the settings (users,
>>>groups, etc.) we kept the 4gb hard drive, and did an upgrade install.
>>
>>Now,
>>
>>>a few years later, we need to install a larger (c drive. How can I go
>>>about doing that without losing all my configuration. I know how to
>
> save
>
>>>the registry with RegEdit and the Metabase (or whatever of it it does
>>
>>save)
>>
>>>with MetaEdit, but how do I transfer all the users, groups, etc.?
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>DM
>>
>>You could use an imaging program such as DriveImage or Ghost to
>>copy your old disk to the new disk and enlarge the partition size at
>>the same time.
>>
>>Alternatively you could do this:
>>- Install the old and the new disk as secondary disks on some
>> Win2000/XP PC.
>>- Use xcopy.exe with the appropriate switches to copy your old
>> disk to the new disk.
>>- Put the new disk into your server.
>>- Use the Command Console (fixmbr, fixboot) to restore the
>> boot environment.
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
>
>
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If you purchase a drive of the same brand I expect the manufactures
website will have a utility , but I find ghost8 to be excellent and does
most any partition no matter the o/s
VR wrote:
>
> I have a server sytem, which originally had WinNT on it. We later
> upgraded to Win2k Server, but in order to maintain the settings (users,
> groups, etc.) we kept the 4gb hard drive, and did an upgrade install. Now,
> a few years later, we need to install a larger (c drive. How can I go
> about doing that without losing all my configuration. I know how to save
> the registry with RegEdit and the Metabase (or whatever of it it does save)
> with MetaEdit, but how do I transfer all the users, groups, etc.?
>
> Thanks,
> DM
>
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<VR> wrote in message news:41484d20$1_2@127.0.0.1...
> I have a server sytem, which originally had WinNT on it. We later
> upgraded to Win2k Server, but in order to maintain the settings (users,
> groups, etc.) we kept the 4gb hard drive, and did an upgrade install.
Now,
> a few years later, we need to install a larger (c drive. How can I go
> about doing that without losing all my configuration. I know how to save
> the registry with RegEdit and the Metabase (or whatever of it it does
save)
> with MetaEdit, but how do I transfer all the users, groups, etc.?
>
> Thanks,
> DM
>
I've used Seagate and Western Digital drives recently and both
manufacturers had software free to download that sets up a Hdd easily.
Partitions, formats and copies data over to new drive then swap drives
and off you go.
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