Upgrading to SCSI but don't want to reformat.

[MulLa]

We have a w2k Server box that is currently running on IDE. There is plans to upgrade it to a SCSI HDD. However is there any way to do that without reloading the whole OS and application and hours of configuration to bring it to the current setup?

I was thinking that I could simply install the SCSI card drivers on the current IDE drive. Then just copy / ghost the contents to the SCSI drive. Then disconnect the IDE and set it to boot up from SCSI from BIOS and it should work???

 

[lucidguy]

Congratulations, you answered your own question.

 

[monto]

yup ghost should work,just don't use an older vers, like prior to 6, i remember major probs with my swapfile

 

[monto]

actually win2k recognizes many scsi adapters, for example my tekram had optimized drivers but for the install it would freeze unless i used the default Symbios ones

 

[MulLa]

Gee it doesn't sound "too" difficult. Since it's the first time I deal with SCSI besides the CDR ^^ I guess even if I stuff up I always have the IDE drive to fall back on!!