Best Way to Replace Small Drives on Server

[Randy]

I have a customer with a single 80 Gig drive. They need to move to a larger
drive but I need some help with the best way to get this done. Is add the
larger drive and then mirroring it and then break the mirror possible. Thanks
for any input.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I have a customer with a single 80 Gig drive. They need to move to a larger
drive but I need some help with the best way to get this done. Is add the
larger drive and then mirroring it and then break the mirror possible.
Thanks
for any input.

It's worth a try. You may not be able to boot the server with
the new disk - see below - but you won't lose anything in the
process.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;113977
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/167045/EN-US/

 

[3c273]

New drives usually come with cloning software. Maxtor drives come with
MaxBlast for example. Usually it is just a matter of installing the drive as
a slave drive, cloning the master to the slave, shutting down, setting the
slave to master and removing the old drive. You should also be able to find
instructions on the manufacturers website.
Louis

 

[philo]

New drives usually come with cloning software. Maxtor drives come with
MaxBlast for example. Usually it is just a matter of installing the drive as
a slave drive, cloning the master to the slave, shutting down, setting the
slave to master and removing the old drive. You should also be able to find
instructions on the manufacturers website.
Louis

I agree that cloning software should be used...
the only *possible* problem is that not all cloning software will support
a *server* operating system...
But it would be worth a try prior to purchasing a server-specific clone
utility