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stormsavant · 10-03-2007, 02:36 PM

I'm having a hard time finding some answers for an issue I have. You see, I work for a small business that has a domain controller, running hardware that is pretty much about to die. We run an MSSQL on the server and we also operate our Exchange for Email from that machine. We have an internal website too for timecard info.

My issue is this:

There's quite a bit of information we need to keep here. And my only objective is to increase the efficiency of the PDC by upgrading it. But there's nothing in the actual OS setup or functionality that we want or need to change. Though I have been told by a few people that I might as well buy the same OS and install it onto the new machine, then simply fresh install all the programs, and transfer all critical information. But this is cumbersome and the more research I do on it, the less it seems even possible.

I've been attempting to find a way to move the HDDs in the old machine into the new machine, while managing to keep everything intact on the HDDs themselves. There is an SCSI Controller in the old machine as well that I will also want to move.

I know that machines with differing (especially exponentially differing) hardware configurations have driver issues, or won't read HDDs because of motherboard or BIOS configurations. But from my experience, you can do an OS reinstall or repair in order to get HDDs to operate with all their information still intact, after transporting from one machine to another.

Has anyone ever tried a OS restore/repair with 2003 server before?

10-03-2007, 02:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
stormsavant Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 3 OS: Windows Server 2003 for Small Business	Transfering Server HDDs. I'm having a hard time finding some answers for an issue I have. You see, I work for a small business that has a domain controller, running hardware that is pretty much about to die. We run an MSSQL on the server and we also operate our Exchange for Email from that machine. We have an internal website too for timecard info. My issue is this: There's quite a bit of information we need to keep here. And my only objective is to increase the efficiency of the PDC by upgrading it. But there's nothing in the actual OS setup or functionality that we want or need to change. Though I have been told by a few people that I might as well buy the same OS and install it onto the new machine, then simply fresh install all the programs, and transfer all critical information. But this is cumbersome and the more research I do on it, the less it seems even possible. I've been attempting to find a way to move the HDDs in the old machine into the new machine, while managing to keep everything intact on the HDDs themselves. There is an SCSI Controller in the old machine as well that I will also want to move. I know that machines with differing (especially exponentially differing) hardware configurations have driver issues, or won't read HDDs because of motherboard or BIOS configurations. But from my experience, you can do an OS reinstall or repair in order to get HDDs to operate with all their information still intact, after transporting from one machine to another. Has anyone ever tried a OS restore/repair with 2003 server before?