Hi all, I have another question. we have a new Dell server on it's way to replace our old junky server. What would be the best way to get all our data from our D; drive over to the new server? There's all kinds of folders such as mail (for all the .pst files), profiles, everyone's own individual space on the server, etc. Here's the idea i have, Use a cross over cable to connect the 2 servers and just copy and paste.. will this work? How about permissions?? will they be retained or lost? or can i make the new server act like it's just another workstation, let it pull a IP from the dhcp and transfer the files? any input would be appreciated. thanks. Bobby

tape backup (full system backup)

18. Cloning hard drives Model machine as generic as necessary (VGA, MS Loopback Adapter) Copy hard drive (NT Mirroring or DiskCopy by PowerQuest) Or image the hard drive (DriveImage by PowerQuest, Norton Ghost www.symantec.com, ImageBlaster www.keylabs.com) On new machine: rename machine, join domain Need SID changing tool (from Ghost, PowerQuest, www.winntmag.com) If you are cloning domain machines, you can get around this by taking model machine out of domain into a workgroup before cloning. Then, after cloning, join machines to domain. That will regenerate SID. See: http://www.trainability.com/free/nt4cheat.htm http://www.powerquest.com/driveimage/

robocopy or scopy will do the trick ( copy files + permissions )