Changing server 2k to win xp pro

[Lorne]

hi all,
my customer wants to change his OS from Windows Server 2000 to windows xp
pro. he has a RAID 5 setup......
I understand that i cannot do an upgrade from server to xp pro so i will
format the c drive.... what happens to the RAID 5? should i disconnect the
2 extra drives until the new OS is installed and updated, then put the
Promise raid card back in? Or, should i just leave the raid 5 and just do
the format with the raid hard drives still in place?
(the server 2k is not a legal copy, hence the change)

thanks for all the help

 

[Dave Patrick]

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| hi all,
| my customer wants to change his OS from Windows Server 2000 to windows xp
| pro. he has a RAID 5 setup......
| I understand that i cannot do an upgrade from server to xp pro so i will
| format the c drive.... what happens to the RAID 5? should i disconnect
the
| 2 extra drives until the new OS is installed and updated, then put the
| Promise raid card back in? Or, should i just leave the raid 5 and just do
| the format with the raid hard drives still in place?
| (the server 2k is not a legal copy, hence the change)
|
| thanks for all the help
|
|

 

[Jeff Teel]

Just curious the reason for changing from a server OS to a desktop OS.

Jeff

 

[Bill]

Read the original post: "(the server 2k is not a legal copy, hence the
change)"

 

[Steve Shattuck]

Read the original post: "(the server 2k is not a legal copy, hence the
change)"

Well DUH Bill, the fact that Server 2K is illegal doesn't change the fact
that going from a server OS to a desktop OS is not a normal thing to do. So
Jeff is exactly correct in asking Lorne that question.

I guess anyone stupid enough to pretend to be Bill Gates, doesn't have the
brain power to understand the difference between a server OS and a desktop
OS.

 

[Lorne]

there is a network of 2 computers plus the server 2k machine... the 2K
machine stores data (docs and spreedsheets). i think it is over-kill for
what is needed!

 

[JasonA]

It does if you don't want to fork out megabucks for a very small network
that does not require a domain controller.

 

[Jeff Teel]

Bill

I did miss the part about Server 2000 being an "illegal" copy. I wasn't
asking to be smart or degrade the person posting. I was just curious as to
why he wanted to put a desktop OS on what sounds like server hardware! On
top of that why would you want to upgrade and not do a clean install since
you would be changing the job of what the hardware would be used for??
Again.........just curious!!

Jeff

 

[Jeff Teel]

It doesn't when you have money invested in server hardware (RAID ect...
ect...). And it sounds like this was a production server being used with an
OS that was not "legal" so that is not normal either! But this is a
preference for which each one can choose what we would do.

 

[Bill]

Steve maybe a switch to decaf would help you control yourself a little
better.

 

[Lorne]

The original issue is that the computer freezes up while booting into
windows... so originally i thought just running something like sfc or
reinstalling the os would be best, but since there is no cd then a new
install would work. so windows xp pro would be sufficient for my needs.
but it would be nice to still have the raid 5 . all i would have to do is
reinstall the needed programs and all is well..... right?

 

[Jeff Teel]

XP should work providing the hardware and software are compatible (XP with
your server hardware, drivers ect.. ect...). I don't know what you have for
server hardware and I don't have any experience with XP/RAID configurations
so I can't say if it would work or not. All I have experience with is
Server 2003/RAID configurations. It makes it hard to fix the boot problem
with out the install disks so I understand the predicament your in. You
should do some checking to make certain that there are drivers for the RAID
controllers and such that will work with XP and then do a clean install of
XP since you don't want to purchase a server OS and don't have the disks.

 

[NoStop]

Just curious the reason for changing from a server OS to a desktop OS.

Reada mucha the English? Because "2k is not a legal copy" and I guess he's
feeling guilty and afraid that when he dies he won't get to heaven.

Jeff

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[Lorne]

decided not to change the OS after all.. just try to deal with the freezing
up issue. sofar i tried the ram, they seem fine, did a chkdsk and that
seems fine..... any one have a suggestion??

thanks

 

[Bill]

If your mother board has any monitor software then check the CPU fan speed.
And monitor it for awhile. I had a machine that the CPU fan would start to
slow down and speed up. I replaced the fan and solved the lockup problems.