- Apr 27, 2000
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i am trying to upgrade a new server from NT to 2003. here is the catch - i don't have the nt server, just a ghost image of its hard drive. the old server is still being used and i don't want to do anything to it. i want to use its settings and domain info to upgrade to windows server 2003. Incedently i don't have access to the NT Server as it is at the other office.
the old server was a compaq proliniat and the new one is a custom built dual-xeon. my hope was that even though nt is plug and manually configure, that it would let me in long enough to just start the upgrade installation. Unfortunitly, i just get the blue screen that the system couldn't finish loading.
I tried reloading NT on it but had problems as the drive is too big plus i don't think it liked some of the new hardware.
I then tried booting with a different OS on one drive and the old server info on another drive to see if i could upgrade to a different disk. Apprarrently the installation doesn't allow that (as far as i can tell). I know i could do a clean install but i don't want to loose my existing setting.
The last thing that i was going to try was boot from the CD and then load 2003 on top of the existing settings, but there was a notice that things may not run correctly. After reading that i wasn't sure if that would affect system stability.
So basically i want to perserve and carry over my NT setting to the Windows 2003 box. Any insight or tips would be a huge help!
Thanks
Eric
the old server was a compaq proliniat and the new one is a custom built dual-xeon. my hope was that even though nt is plug and manually configure, that it would let me in long enough to just start the upgrade installation. Unfortunitly, i just get the blue screen that the system couldn't finish loading.
I tried reloading NT on it but had problems as the drive is too big plus i don't think it liked some of the new hardware.
I then tried booting with a different OS on one drive and the old server info on another drive to see if i could upgrade to a different disk. Apprarrently the installation doesn't allow that (as far as i can tell). I know i could do a clean install but i don't want to loose my existing setting.
The last thing that i was going to try was boot from the CD and then load 2003 on top of the existing settings, but there was a notice that things may not run correctly. After reading that i wasn't sure if that would affect system stability.
So basically i want to perserve and carry over my NT setting to the Windows 2003 box. Any insight or tips would be a huge help!
Thanks
Eric