windows 2K server HD Swap

[wallsfd949]

I posted this in "Highly Technical" and it was locked within a couple hours.... still trying to figure out why as there were many less-technical questions asked in that forum. Oh well... here it goes... ATTN MODERATOR should you lock this, please send me a PM to explain.


I am running a home webserver and so I must do this as efficiently and quickly as possible (as I don't have a backup server) and will be doing this at 3am.

My webserver is as follows:
PII 400 Mhz
512MB RAM
12 GB HD NTFS file system.
Software:
Windows 2000 Server
Helix Server Basic (Real Audio)
IIS 5 - host headders, 4 websites
DirectUpdate Client

I have a 40 GB HD that I will format to NTFS and I want to replace the 12 GB HD with the 40 GB HD.
What issues will I encouter,
is there software to do this,
is there anything else I should consider before doing this?

I need to remove the 12GB so adding the 40GB as a slave will not work. I can set it up as a slave to transfer data, but it cannot stay in as a slave. The 40 must go in, data must be transfered, and the 12 must come out.

Thanks for the help
-eric

 

[Knightlife]

If you can keep them both on to transfer data like you said, PowerQuest DriveCopy would work fine. That's what I used awhile back to change my system over from IDE->SCSI and removed the IDE harddrives and everything worked fine (well, I had to install the SCSI stuff first obviously.)

 

[redbeard1]

Ghost 2003 or corporate edition 7.0 or 7.5 will do what you want. These can handle ntfs format from a dos boot disk.

 

[wallsfd949]

Originally posted by: Knightlife
If you can keep them both on to transfer data like you said, PowerQuest DriveCopy would work fine. That's what I used awhile back to change my system over from IDE->SCSI and removed the IDE harddrives and everything worked fine (well, I had to install the SCSI stuff first obviously.)

Powerquest DriveCopy 4 does not support servers. They want me to use "DeployCenter" at 4x's the $$. Does anyone know if Ghost 2003 supports Windows 2000 Server ????

 

[Knightlife]

Norton Link

Using that link from the offical norton website, you want Norton Ghost 7.5 Corporate Edition because 2003 does not support Windows 2003 Server. I'm not sure of the price tag, but 7.5CE should work.

 

[wallsfd949]

Originally posted by: Knightlife
Norton Link

Using that link from the offical norton website, you want Norton Ghost 7.5 Corporate Edition because 2003 does not support Windows 2003 Server. I'm not sure of the price tag, but 7.5CE should work.

You're right but it appears that both are about the same price >$350

I think I'll end up taking the webserver down for a day or two.