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Move Windows 2003 to new machine
Name: ahkow Date: August 6, 2007 at 01:14:56 Pacific OS: Windows 2003 Enterprise CPU/Ram: P4 1.6Ghz/512mb Product: ABIT
Comment:
Hi, I have an existing Windows 2003 Enterprise. I want to move the installation to a new machine. How should I backup and restore (the user accounts, shared folders, etc) ?
Name: Curt R Date: August 6, 2007 at 07:38:35 Pacific
Reply:
Is this a DC?
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Response Number 2
Name: ahkow Date: August 6, 2007 at 17:43:41 Pacific
Reply:
Thanks. Yes, it is a DC. What I want to do is move everything to the new machine (like Ghosting ?), including existing programs and their settings.
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Response Number 3
Name: wanderer Date: August 9, 2007 at 09:43:59 Pacific
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Acronis server version [$700] will do it. You do know that MS recommends a minumum of two DCs for fault tolerance and authenication load balancing? Might want to consider just adding the new server to the domain and xfering the fsmo roles.
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