Hi all,

I have an old Win2003 server which I intend to replace with a new one.
The new server has Win2003 server sp2, Raid5,16 Gb Ram, 2*Quad processors.

The filebackup included a file- and system backup.
On the new server I ran a restore on the filebackup.
My plan was reuse all the old settings and installed program.

Everything looked good until i restarted the new server.
Before I could login I had to verify the system licencensumber. Then I
was prompted to reinstall some drivers.

After a second restart Windows failed to start up.

I guess I have done something wrong somewhere.
What is the proper way to do this?
How can I fix the problem?

Kent J.

These articles may help.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/249694
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824125


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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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"Kent J" wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have an old Win2003 server which I intend to replace with a new one. The
> new server has Win2003 server sp2, Raid5,16 Gb Ram, 2*Quad processors.
>
> The filebackup included a file- and system backup.
> On the new server I ran a restore on the filebackup.
> My plan was reuse all the old settings and installed program.
>
> Everything looked good until i restarted the new server.
> Before I could login I had to verify the system licencensumber. Then I was
> prompted to reinstall some drivers.
>
> After a second restart Windows failed to start up.
>
> I guess I have done something wrong somewhere.
> What is the proper way to do this?
> How can I fix the problem?
>
> Kent J.

Thanks Dave!

But: "Expand and copy the correct Hal.dll and Ntoskrnl.exe files from
the Windows Server 2003 SP1 CD to the Windows Server 2003-based computer
before you restore the backup."

....how can do this?
I'm trying to boot from a Win2003 CD and it starts to load but after two
seconds I'll still get:

"Windows could not start because of an error in the software. Please
report this problem as : load needed DLLs for kernel..."

Kent J.






Dave Patrick skrev:
> These articles may help.
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/249694
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824125
>
>

I'd do it on another machine.


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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect


"Kent J" wrote:
> Thanks Dave!
>
> But: "Expand and copy the correct Hal.dll and Ntoskrnl.exe files from
> the Windows Server 2003 SP1 CD to the Windows Server 2003-based computer
> before you restore the backup."
>
> ...how can do this?
> I'm trying to boot from a Win2003 CD and it starts to load but after two
> seconds I'll still get:
>
> "Windows could not start because of an error in the software. Please
> report this problem as : load needed DLLs for kernel..."
>
> Kent J.